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Ethnobotanical Plant Thespesia populnea

Common Name
Mahot, Waru lot, Feuilles D'Haiti, Alamo Blanco, Grand Mahaut, Baru, Duartiana

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 Sort descending Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Bahamas Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) Tahiti Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Bug) Tahiti Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Insect) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Cholera Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cholera Java Duke, 1992 *
Cold Solomon I Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Colic Java Duke, 1992 *
Cough Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Dentition Tonga Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Eczema Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emollient Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Fever Tonga Duke, 1992 *
Gonorrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *