Ethnobotanical Plant Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae)
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Common name(s)
Graines De Lin; Wild Tamarind; Lino Criollo; Koa Haole
Data Views
Total Uses: 19
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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Abortifacient | Mexico | Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. |
Anodyne | Assam | * |
Carminative | Bahamas | * |
Coffee | Elsewhere | * |
Depilatory | Mexico | Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. |
Depilatory | Haiti | Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo. |
Depilatory | English | Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam. |
Depurative | Bahamas | * |
Emmenagogue | Mexico | Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. |
Fever | Bahamas | * |
Laxative | Dominican Republic | Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo. |
Lung | Bahamas | * |
Pertussis | Bahamas | * |
Piscicide | Elsewhere | * |
Poison | Elsewhere | * |
Poison | Elsewhere | * |
Poison | Hawaii | Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977 |
Typhoid | Bahamas | * |
Vermifuge | 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.