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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Lonchocarpus cyanescens (Fabaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Yoruba Indigo

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Cataract	Sierra Leone	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Leprosy	Africa	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Leprosy	Sierra Leone	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Puerperium	Ghana	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Puerperium	Upper Volta	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Skin	Africa	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Sore	Africa	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Stomachic	Ghana	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Yaws	Africa	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.