botanical record · discovered
Mescal
Agave sisalana
Mescal · Sisal · Hemp Plant · Sisal Agave · Sisal Hemp · Agave · Agave sisal, Choca, Choka · Agave sisal, Sisal · Echte sisal · Henequén · Kitani · Maguey de Sisal · Pita · Pita Vlas · Savha · Sisal Plant · Sisal hemp
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Haiti, Venezuela, Dominican Republic
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Cicatrizant, Depurative, Detergent, Dysentery
Science studied: DIOSGENIN, GENTROGENIN, GITOGENIN, HECOGENIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Agavaceae
Scientific name: Agave sisalana
Common names: Mescal, Sisal, Hemp Plant, Sisal Agave, Sisal Hemp, Agave, Agave sisal, Choca, Choka, Agave sisal, Sisal, Echte sisal, Henequén, Kitani, Maguey de Sisal, Pita, Pita Vlas, Savha, Sisal Plant, Sisal hemp
History
The source record documents this plant in Haiti, Venezuela, Elsewhere, Dominican Republic.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Cicatrizant
- Depurative
- Detergent
- Dysentery
- Leprosy
- Sudorific
- Syphilis
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Haiti
- Venezuela
- Elsewhere
- Dominican Republic
Documented cultural uses
- Cicatrizant
- Depurative
- Detergent
- Dysentery
- Leprosy
- Sudorific
- Syphilis
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- DIOSGENIN
- GENTROGENIN
- GITOGENIN
- HECOGENIN
- DELTA-9,11-HECOGENIN
- SARSAPOGENIN
- SISALAGENIN
- NEOTIGOGENIN
- TIGOGENIN
- BARBOURGENIN
- HAINANGENIN
- PECTIN
- YAMOGENIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- HECONIN
- HENTRIACONTAN-1-OL
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- HONGGUANGGENIN
- NEOTIGOGENONE
- ROCKOGENIN
- ALPHA-CELLULOSE
- CHLOROGENIN
- DELTA-9,10-DEHYDROHECOGENIN
- 12-EPIROCKOGENIN
- 5-ALPHA-PREGNAN-3-BETA,20-BETA-DIOL
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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