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

 Gossypium barbadense (Malvaceae)

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Common name(s)
Algodon; Coton Noir; Sea-Island Cotton; Coton Rouge; Cotonnier; Algodoiero; Cotonnier Violet; Palo De Algodon

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Head) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Brain Elsewhere *
Cancer Bahamas Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Dysentery Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Emollient Elsewhere *
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Lactagogue Elsewhere *
Lactogogue 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.
Laxative Elsewhere *
Malaria Elsewhere *
Nervine Elsewhere *
Soap Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Tumor(Lymphatic) Brazil Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vulnerary Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
*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.