From: Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad
Scientific name | Common name | Use |
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Zingiberaceae Aframomum melegueta | Guinea pepper | Dry seeds are ground to a powder, and sprinkled on the dog's food |
Aristolochiaceae Aristolochia rugosa | Mat root | Considered "hot". Used to bathe lazy dogs (also crossed dogs) |
Solanaceae Capsicum frutescens | Bird pepper | Put juice of 2 small fruit in dog's nose so it can find trail or to improve its ability to follow a scent |
Cecropiaceae Cecropia peltata | Bois canôt | Dry leaf is put in water with red Physic nut (Jatropha gossypifolia). The water is left in the open for nine days until larvae are seen. The water is then used to bathe the dog |
Euphorbiaceae Croton gossypifolius | Blood bush/ Bois sang | Bathe dog with leaves of bois sang and kojo root plant and mardi gras leaves and berries if the dog is not performing as well as in the past |
Not yet identified | Turpentine bush | Bathe dogs with crushed leaves |
Euphorbiaceae Jatropha curcas, Jatropha gossypifolia | White/Red Physic Nut | Three leaves each of white and red bushes are crushed and put into bath water. The water is then used to bathe the dog |
Piperaceae Lepianthes peltata | Sun bush | Use crushed leaves to bathe dog for "cross" |
Solanaceae Nicotiana tabacum | Tobacco | Cleans dog's nose to improve its ability to follow a scent |
Piperaceae Ottonia ovata | Pot bush | Crush a piece of stem and leaves or roots and put it in the dog's nose or wash the dog's nose with decoction |
Phytolaccaceae Petiveria alliacea | Kojo root | Bathe dogs with ground root so they are more alert |
Euphorbiaceae Phyllanthus urinaria | Seed under leaf | Plant tops used to bathe dogs for "cross" |
Piperaceae Piper hispidum | Candle bush | Leaves are used to bathe dogs |
Asteraceae Vernonia scorpioides | Ruckshun | Bathe dogs with leaves so that they are more alert |