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Ethnobotanical Plant Hippomane mancinella

Common Name
Manchenille; Manzanillo; Manceniller; Mancinel; Pomme Zombi; Maximilien; Manzanilla; Manchineel; Mancenillier; Penaihva; Manchinelle; Manzinellbaum

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Arrow Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Arrow Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Arrow Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Cancer Paraguay Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cathartic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cathartic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cathartic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitogenic West Indies Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Diaphoretic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Dropsy Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Dropsy Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Emetic Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Emetic English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fatality Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Homeopathy German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Homicide Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Infection Cuba Duke, 1992 *