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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Pisonia aculeata (Nyctaginaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Croc De Chien; Mayacaule; Garabato; Una De Gato

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Total Uses: 13

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Anodyne	Elsewhere
Arthritis	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Arthritis	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Lung	Elsewhere
Rheumatism	Jamaica	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Rheumatism	Elsewhere
Rheumatism	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Rheumatism	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Scabies	Philippines
Swelling	Elsewhere
Syphilis	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Venereal	Mexico	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Venereal	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.