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

 Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Francillade; Chana; Jambul merak (peacock feather); Feng Huang Ch'Ang; Parak kegel; Cacalaca; Patra mengala; Poincillade; Clavellina

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Abortifacient Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Astringent Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Bechic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Catarrh Java *
Cathartic Samoa *
Cold Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Convulsion Java *
Cough Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cough Malaya *
Cough Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Diarrhea Java *
Emmenagogue Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Epilepsy Elsewhere *
Erysipelas Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Erysipelas Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fever Elsewhere *
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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.