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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Gossypium barbadense (Malvaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Sea-Island Cotton; Coton Noir; Palo De Algodon; Algodon; Cotonnier; Algodoiero; Coton Rouge; Cotonnier Violet

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Total Uses: 19

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Abortifacient	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Head)	Elsewhere
Ache(Head)	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Brain	Elsewhere
Cancer	Bahamas	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Demulcent	Elsewhere
Dysentery	Elsewhere
Dysentery	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Emmenagogue	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Emollient	Elsewhere
Expectorant	Elsewhere
Lactagogue	Elsewhere
Lactogogue	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Laxative	Elsewhere
Malaria	Elsewhere
Nervine	Elsewhere
Soap	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Tumor(Lymphatic)	Brazil	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vulnerary	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.