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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Piscidia erythrina (Fabaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Coralshrub; Jamaice Dogwood; Jamaica Fishfuddle; Jamaica Dogwood; Corniola; Mulungu; Corniro; Fischrinde; Crete De Coq; Koraalstruik

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Anodyne	English	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cardiotonic	French	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic		Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Narcotic	Spanish	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Piscicide	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Piscicide	English	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Piscicide	West Indies	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Sedative	Latin America	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sedative	German	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Soporific	Dutch	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm	Italian	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.