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Conocarpus erectus

(Buttonwood)

Combretaceae

Traditional remedy or use: Used to dye textiles and as fuel (charcoal). Wood was used to make boats, cabinets and fence posts. Used medicinally as an astringent, styptic, febrifuge, to treat anemia, catarrh, conjunctivitis, diabetes, diarrhea, fever, gonorrhea, headache, hemorrhage, prickly heat, swellings, and syphilis.

Conocarpus erectus

  Conocarpus erectus
 

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