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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Picramnia pentandra (Picramniaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Honduras Bark; Bois Poisson; Aguedata; Palo De Peje; Cascara Amarga

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Apertif	Bahamas
Cold	Bahamas
Diuretic		Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Fever	Cuba	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Metroxenia	Bahamas
Skin		Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Tuberculosis	Bahamas