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

 Gleditsia triacanthos (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Espinheiro Da Virginia; Fevier D'Amerique; Acacia Negra

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anodyne Portuguese Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Coffee Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Fodder Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Fruit Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Mydriatic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Narcotic Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Oxytoxic 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.