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

 Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (Verbenaceae)

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Common name(s)
Verbena; Verveine Bleue; Bastard Vervain; Verveine A Queue De Rat; Verveine; Rumput tahi babi (Pig dung gra; Verbena Azul; Verveine Violette; Brazilian Tea; Gewongan; Selaseh dandi (Spotted basil)

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Bahamas *
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Abortive Java *
Ache(Head) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Alopecia Elsewhere *
Amenorrhea Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Anodyne Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Asthma Bahamas *
Boil Elsewhere *
Boil Trinidad *
Boil Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Boil Samoa *
Bronchitis Bahamas *
Bruise Elsewhere *
Cardiac Elsewhere *
Cataract Ghana *
Cathartic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cathartic -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Chest-Cold Bahamas *
Cough Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
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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.