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

 Cassia emarginata (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Bois Cabrite; Bois Cabritte; Casse Marron

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anodyne Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Bite(Bug) Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Bite(Bug) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Depilatory Guatemala *
Lactogogue(Veterinary) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Leucoderma Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Purgative Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Purgative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sting(Insect) Mexico Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vitiligo 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.
*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.