Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Common Name
Francillade, Chana, Jambul merak (peacock feather), Feng Huang Ch'Ang, Parak kegel, Cacalaca, Patra mengala, Poincillade, Clavellina

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Abortifacient Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Abortifacient Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Astringent Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Bechic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Catarrh Java *
Cathartic Samoa *
Cold Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Convulsion Java *
Cough Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cough Malaya *
Cough Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Diarrhea Java *
Emmenagogue Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Epilepsy Elsewhere *
Erysipelas Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Erysipelas Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fever Angola Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.