Steinmetz:Croton
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Croton elutheria
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- English Names
- Cascarilla
- Sweetwood tree
- Natural Habitat
- Bahama Islands
- South America
- Cuba; cultivated Java
- China
- Part(s) Used
- Cortex Cascarillae = Cortex Elutheriae
- Oleum Csscarillae
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- Constituent(s)
- essential oil
- resin
- cascarillin (bitter principle)
- tannin
- cascarilla-scid
- vanillin
- Action
- bark: tonic
- digestive
- aromatic
- fumigatory; oil: digestive
- narcotic
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[edit] Croton niveus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- English Names
- Copalchi
- Mexican Fever bark (Quina blanco of the Mexicans)
- Natural Habitat
- Central- and Southern America
- West Indian islands. Mexico
- New Granada
- Venezuela
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
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[edit] Croton tiglium
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- South-East Asia (especially Malabar Coast)
- Ceylon
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- China
- Mauritius
- West Africa
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Crotonis = Semen Tiglii
- Oleum Crotonis = Oleum Tiglii
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- Constituent(s)
- croton oil
- fatty oil
- crotinic acid
- tiglinic acid
- myristicin and other acids
- Action
- oil; cathartic
- irritant
- rubefacient
- toxic
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