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

 Euphorbia pulcherrima (Euphorbiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Poinsettia

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Anodyne Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Depilatory Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Depilatory Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Emetic Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Erysipelas Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Erysipelas Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Lactagogue Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Lactogogue Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Skin Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Wart US(FL) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
*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.