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

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Common name(s)
Pinon; Jarak; Medicinier Beni; Grand Medicinier; Jarak budeg; Tuba; Pinon De La India; Purging Nut; Nanyo-Aburagi; Physic Nut; Jarak belanda; Feuilles Medecinier

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Ache(Stomach) Tonga *
Ache(Stomach) India(Travancore) *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Ache(Tooth) Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Alopecia Samoa *
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Anodyne Trinidad *
Anodyne Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Antidote India(Travancore) *
Antidote(Comocladia) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Ascites Mauritius Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Bedbug Ghana *
Burn Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Burn Elsewhere *
Carbuncle India(Santal) *
Caries Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Cataplasm Panama(Choco) *
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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.