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

 Jatropha gossypifolia (Euphorbiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Jarak china; Papaye Sauvage; Petit Mapou; Medecin; Medicinier; Jarak ulung; Jarak kosta merah; Tua-Tua; Yuca Cimarrona; Bellyache Bush

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) Curacao *
Ache(Stomach) Elsewhere *
Antibiotic India *
Asthma Curacao *
Bilious Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Bite(Snake) Venezuela *
Cancer Costa Rica Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Candlenut Java *
Carbuncle Elsewhere *
Cold Curacao *
Cold Curacao *
Cold Curacao *
Cough Curacao *
Depurative Trinidad *
Depurative Elsewhere *
Depurative Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Depurative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Diabetes Curacao *
Diarrhea Curacao *
Diarrhea Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
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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.