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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Annona squamosa (Annonaceae)

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Common name(s)
Shurifa; Srikaya; Candongo; Cachiman Canelle; Cachiment Cenelle; Cachiman; Zuckerapfel; Surikaya; Serkaya; Anon; Pomme De Canelle; Custard Apple; Sugar Apple; Pommier De Canelle; Sweetsop; Kaneelappel; Cachiment Cannelle; Pomme-Cannelle

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Astringent Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Boil Java *
Bruise Elsewhere *
Cataplasm Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cataplasm Elsewhere *
Cold Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cold India(Santal) *
Diarrhea Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Dyspepsia Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Dyspepsia Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Fainting Elsewhere *
Insecticide German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Insecticide Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Insecticide Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Itch Java *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.