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

 Robinia pseudoacacia (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Akasya; Black Locust; Salgim Chichekli Aghaji; Al Sant Al Kathib

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cholagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Emetic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emollient Elsewhere *
Emollient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Elsewhere *
Poison US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison Elsewhere *
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Protisticide Elsewhere *
Purgative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Elsewhere *
Purgative US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sedative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
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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.