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Ethnobotanical Plant Canavalia ensiformis

Common Name

Tao Tou, Jack Bean, Jackbean, Pois Maldioc

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
Anodyne	India(Santal)	Duke, 1992 *
Coffee	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Coffee	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Convalescence	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Digestive	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Kidney	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Medicine	Panama(Cuna)	Duke, 1992 *
Mitogenic	West Indies	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison	West Indies	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Tonic	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Weaning	Voodoo	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.