Ethnobotanical Plant Chrysobalanus icaco (Chrysobalanaceae)
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Common name(s)
Icaque; Icaquier; Capollaxipehualli; Zicaque; Hicaco
Data Views
Total Uses: 22
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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Abortifacient | Haiti | Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo. |
Amygdalitis | 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. |
Antiseptic | 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. |
Astringent | Elsewhere | * |
Astringent | Trinidad | Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142. |
Astringent | Elsewhere | * |
Astringent | Dominican Republic | Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo. |
Astringent | Mexico | Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. |
Astringent | Venezuela | Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela. |
Bowel | Elsewhere | * |
Cicatrizant | 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. |
Condyloma | Mexico | Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34. |
Diarrhea | 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. |
Diarrhea | Elsewhere | * |
Dysentery | Trinidad | * |
Dysentery | Trinidad | Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142. |
Dysentery | Haiti | Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo. |
Dysentery | Mexico | Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. |
Gum | 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. |
Hymen | 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. |
*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.