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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Swietenia mahagoni (Meliaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Caoba; Caobo; Acajou A Planches; Acajou De St Domingue

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Total Uses: 14

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Abortifacient	Bahamas
Antiseptic	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Apertif	Bahamas
Astringent	Elsewhere
Astringent	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Debility	Bahamas
Depurative	Bahamas
Fever	Elsewhere
Malaria	Latin America	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Malaria	West Indies
Purgative	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Tonic	Elsewhere
Tonic	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Tuberculosis	Bahamas