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Ethnobotanical Plant Capraria biflora

Common Name
The Du Mexique; Te Criollo; Feregosa; Capraire; The Indigene; The Pays; Suisse; Santa Maria; The De St Domingue

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) Bahamas Duke, 1992 *
Alopecia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic Brazil Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Bactericide Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cold Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Cold(Head) Bahamas Duke, 1992 *
Dandruff Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Diabetes Cuba Duke, 1992 *
Diabetes Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diabetes Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diarrhea Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Diarrhea Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Dysmenorrhea Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Dysmenorrhea Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.