Ethnobotanical Plant Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae)
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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
Data Views
Total Uses: 177
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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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) | * |
*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.