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Calabar Bean
Physostigma venenosum
Calabar Bean · Calabar bean · Calabarbohne · Kalabar baklası · Kalabarpapu · bosaka · bosoko · botetela lukoniya kunga · calabar-bean · dilongo · fève de Calabar · inaolo a kwakwa · izi dongo · kalabarböna · kwakwa ndilo · losoko
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Africa, India
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Antidote(Atropine), Arthritis, Bursitis, Fibrositis
Science studied: ALKALOIDS, CALABACINE, CALABARINE, CALABATINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Physostigma venenosum
Common names: Calabar Bean, Calabar bean, Calabarbohne, Kalabar baklası, Kalabarpapu, bosaka, bosoko, botetela lukoniya kunga, calabar-bean, dilongo, fève de Calabar, inaolo a kwakwa, izi dongo, kalabarböna, kwakwa ndilo, losoko
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Turkey, Africa, India.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Antidote(Atropine)
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Fibrositis
- Myotic
- Parasiticide
- Pediculicide
- Poison
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- Rheumatism
- Spasm
- Antidote(Strychnine)
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Antidote
- Colic(Veterinary)
- Ordeal
- Raticide
- Sedative
- Tetanus
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- Africa
- India
Documented cultural uses
- Antidote(Atropine)
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Fibrositis
- Myotic
- Parasiticide
- Pediculicide
- Poison
- Rheumatism
- Spasm
- Antidote(Strychnine)
- Myasthenia Gravis
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- Antidote
- Colic(Veterinary)
- Ordeal
- Raticide
- Sedative
- Tetanus
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALKALOIDS
- CALABACINE
- CALABARINE
- CALABATINE
- ESERAMINE
- ESERIDINE
- ESERINE
- ISOPHYSOSTIGMINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHYSOSTERINE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- STEARIC-ACID
- TRIFOLIANOL
- BEHENIC-ACID
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- CALABAROL
- ESERANINE
- GENESERINE
- N-8-NORPHYSOSTIGMINE
- PHYSOVENINE
- STARCH
- STIGMASTEROL
- PROTEIN
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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