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

 Heliotropium indicum (Boraginaceae)

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Common name(s)
Crete Coq; Crete Coq D'Inde; Herbe A Cataractes; Rumput oleh (Sleep-induc. gras; Cadillo; Crete De Coq; Moco De Pavo; Verbena Cimarrona; Uler-uleran; Hathi Sundhane; Ti-Jeannite; Herbe A Verrues; Herbe A Malingres; Crete Simple; Crete-Coq; Rabo De Alacran

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient India *
Abortifacient India *
Aftosa Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiabortifacient Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Asthma India *
Asthma Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Astringent India *
Astringent Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Bite(Bug) India *
Boil India *
Boil Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Calculus Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Collyrium Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Collyrium Trinidad *
Collyrium Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Cough Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cough India *
Cyanogenetic US *
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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.