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

 Hura crepitans (Euphorbiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Sandbox Tree; Javilla; Jabilla; Jarilla; Sablier; Arbre Au Diable

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anodyne Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne Guiana *
Antidote Elsewhere *
Aperient Elsewhere *
Arrow Elsewhere *
Carcinogenic Latin America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Dentifuge Elsewhere *
Elephantiasis Brazil *
Emetic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Leprosy Elsewhere *
Leprosy Elsewhere *
Leprosy Brazil Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Piscicide Elsewhere *
Piscicide Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Poison Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Poison India *
Poison Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Poison Latin America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Elsewhere *
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*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.