Ethnobotanical Plant Acacia catechu (Fabaceae)
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Common name(s)
Wu Tieh Ni; Erh Ch'A; Acacia Di Cachou; Katechu Akazie; Kadaram; Acacie Au Cachou; Hai Erh Ch'A; Khair; Amaraja; Katesu; Pegu Katechu
Data Views
Total Uses: 42
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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Anodyne | India(Santal) | * |
Antiphlogistic | China | Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco. |
Asthma | India(Santal) | * |
Astringent | China | Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco. |
Astringent | Turkey | Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam. |
Astringent | Elsewhere | Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer. |
Astringent | Elsewhere | * |
Bactericide | India | * |
Boil | Elsewhere | * |
Bronchitis | India(Santal) | * |
Cancer | India(Santal) | * |
Cancer | E Africa | Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34. |
Colic | India(Santal) | * |
Cough | Elsewhere | * |
Cough | India(Santal) | * |
Detergent | Italian | Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam. |
Detergent | China | Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco. |
Diarrhea | Elsewhere | Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer. |
Diarrhea | Elsewhere | * |
Digestive | Elsewhere | * |
*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.