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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Achyranthes indica (Amaranthaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Cadillo De Gato; Rabo De Raton; Cabaioc

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Total Uses: 12

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Astringent	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Expectorant	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Expectorant	Elsewhere
Fever	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Fever	Trinidad
Fever	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Flu	Trinidad
Flu	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Marasmus	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Marasmus	Trinidad
Venereal	West Indies	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press