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

 Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Piment De Cayenne; Sili Biberi; Chile; Pepper,Red; Filfil Darah

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Ague Elsewhere *
Antibiotic Elsewhere *
Antibiotic Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Antidote Elsewhere *
Antidote(Poison) India(Santal) *
Asthma Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Asthma Trinidad *
Baldness Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Boil Trinidad *
Boil Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Breathlessness Samoa *
Bronchitis India(Santal) *
Cancer(Nose) Gabon Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carcinoma Mongolia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Carminative 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.