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

 Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae)

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Common name(s)
Amandier; Almendro De Las Indias; Almendro; Almendra; L.; Amandier Des Indes; Badannier; Ketapang; Almendro De Playa; Lingtak; Indian Almond; Amandier Tropical

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Ache(Stomach) Tonga *
Anodyne Philippines *
Arthritis Elsewhere *
Astringent Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Astringent Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Astringent India *
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Bite(Bug) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Breast Philippines *
Cardiotonic India *
Colic Elsewhere *
Collyrium Samoa *
Condyloma Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cough 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.
Cough Samoa *
Diarrhea Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diarrhea 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.
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.