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

Ethnobotanical Plant Indigofera suffruticosa

Common Name
Digot, Digot Sauvage, Azul De Hoja, Anil, Azulejo

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Africa Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Back) Hawaii *
Ache(Head) Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Ache(Stomach) Perak *
Analgesic Elsewhere *
Anodyne French Guinea *
Bite(Bug) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Bite(Snake) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Bite(Snake) Brazil Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Chorea Elsewhere Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Colic Elsewhere Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Depurative Elsewhere *
Depurative Panama(Cuna) *
Depurative Salvador Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Diuretic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Elsewhere Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
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.
Ecbolic Elsewhere *
Epilepsy Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.