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Ethnobotanical Plant Jatropha curcas

Common Name
Pinon, Jarak, Medicinier Beni, Grand Medicinier, Jarak budeg, Tuba, Pinon De La India, Purging Nut, Nanyo-Aburagi, Physic Nut, Jarak belanda, Feuilles Medecinier

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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Abortifacient Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) India(Travancore) Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) Tonga Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Ache(Tooth) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Alopecia Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Anasarca India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Antidote India(Travancore) Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Comocladia) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Antiseptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ascites Mauritius Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Bedbug Ghana Duke, 1992 *
Burn Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Burn Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Carbuncle India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Caries Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Cataplasm Panama(Choco) Duke, 1992 *