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

 Simaba cedron (Simaroubaceae)

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Common name(s)
Cedron

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Bite(Snake) Panama(Cuna) *
Colic Elsewhere *
Dyspepsia Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever Elsewhere *
Fever Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fwvwe Latin America Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Malaria Elsewhere *
Malaria Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Malaria Brazil Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Preventitive(Bite(Snake)) Panama(Cuna) *
Sedative Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sedative Latin America Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm Latin America Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic Latin America Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
*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.