Ethnobotanical Plant Jatropha multifida (Euphorbiaceae)
Download a full report in PDF format
Common name(s)
Physic Nut; Jarak china
Data Views
Total Uses: 28
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
---|---|---|
Bactericide | Elsewhere | * |
Cancer | Wi(Carib) | Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34. |
Cancer(Nose) | St Vincent | Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34. |
Cathartic | Brazil | Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer. |
Colic | Indochina | * |
Dyspepsia | Indochina | * |
Emetic | Venezuela | Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela. |
Fever | Elsewhere | * |
Fever | Mexico | Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. |
Leprosy | Elsewhere | * |
Piscicide | Philippines | * |
Poison | Latin America | Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977 |
Poison | Elsewhere | * |
Poison | Elsewhere | * |
Poison(Criminal) | Brazil | Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer. |
Purgative | Java | * |
Purgative | Elsewhere | * |
Purgative | Venezuela | Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela. |
Purgative | Mexico | Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. |
Purgative | 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.