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

 Costus spicatus (Costaceae)

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Common name(s)
Gengibre Cimarron

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Cancer Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Carminative Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Congestion Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Inappetence Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Liver Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Rheumatism Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
*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.