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

 Cardiospermum halicacabum (Sapindaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pois De Merveille; Ketipes; Toffe-Toffe; Uban kayu; Pois Merveille; Peria bulan; Badha; Baloon Vine; Kola Myetsi; Bonnet Carre; Persil Batard; Kokalende; Pepare karung

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abscess Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Anodyne Java *
Bladder Java *
Boil Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Buboes Java *
Cataplasm Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Conjunctivitis Java *
Cyanogenetic US *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Diuretic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Emetic Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Fever Elsewhere *
Laxative Elsewhere *
Laxative Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
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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.