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

 Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chemara laut; Filuwah; Chemara; Roe; Kajoe anjing; Aru; Eru; Kazwarinah; Pino Australiano; Tjemara; Sunober Ustraly; Ru

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen Java *
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) Macassar *
Ache(Head) Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Ache(Stomach) Tonga *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Astringent Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Astringent Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Beri-Beri Elsewhere *
Beriberi Java *
Colic Macassar *
Colic Elsewhere *
Colic Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Cough Tonga *
Cramps Java *
Diarrhea Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Diarrhea Java *
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
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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.