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

 Melia azedarach (Meliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Fleurs Lilas; Sibahbah; K'U Lien; Tasbih Aghaji; Sen Shu; Pazienza; Alilaila; To-Sendan; Gemeiner Zedarachbaum; Chin Ling Tzu; Arbol Enano; Chinaberry; Faux Sycomore; Lilas; Violeta; Lien; Paraiso; Sendan; Zanzalakht; Tak; Piment D'Eau; Lila; Lilayo; Amargoseira

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Abortifacient Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Head) Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Anodyne China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anodyne China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Antifertility Paraguay *
Antiseptic China *
Antiseptic Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Ascariasis Elsewhere *
Ascaricide China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Astringent China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Cold Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Cold Bahamas *
Cough Bahamas *
Deobstruent Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Detersive Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
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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.