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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Metopium brownei (Anacardiaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Cochinilla

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Allergenic	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Erysipelas	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Measles	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Poison	Guatemala	Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Poison	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Poison	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Rheumatism	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sedative	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Smallpox	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sudorific	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.