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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Picrasma excelsa (Simaroubaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Quassia; Aciagac; Jamaica Quassia; Lignum Quassiae

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Total Uses: 15

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Digestive	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Epithelioma	Nc	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Fever	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Insecticide	Elsewhere
Insecticide	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Narcotic	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Piscicide	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stomachic	Elsewhere
Stomachic	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic	West Indies	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic	Elsewhere
Vermifuge	West Indies	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vermifuge	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Vermifuge	Elsewhere