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

 Indigofera suffruticosa (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Digot; Digot Sauvage; Azul De Hoja; Anil; Azulejo

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses 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) Brazil Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Bite(Snake) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
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 Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
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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.