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Vegetables and fruits

Uncooked vegetables

Cooked vegetables

Edible uncooked fruit

Edible uncooked fruit - preserved

Chutneys, pickles, sauces

Fruit eaten as vegetable

Flour/meal from seeds

Edible raw seeds

Edible roasted seeds

Edible boiled seeds

Food flavourings

Food colourings

Meat tenderizer

Alcoholic beverages

Hops substitute

Fermenting agent

Non-alcoholic beverages

Infusions, tisanes (eg: tea and coffee substitutes)

Juices and non-alcoholic cordials

Fermenting agent

Cooking fats and oils

Fermented foods

Salt and salt substitutes

Mucilages (edible)

Paper substitutes

Domestic illuminating oils

Soap and soap substitutes

Unguent (anointing)

Chewsticks, tooth cleaners, straws

Drinking straws

Depilatories & polishers

Cleansing agent

Tobacco substitute

Fire extinguisher

Lines and netting

Charcoal - fuel

Charcoal - gunpowder

Charcoal - smelting

Beams and scantlings

Railway sleepers

Telegraph poles

Lathes and wattles

Thatching spars

Sports equipment

Tool and implement handles

Agricultural implements

Tools and implements (small)

Hammers and mallets

Fence posts and rails

Construction timber

Temporary shelter

Boat masts & booms

Piers and jetties

Mills and presses

Billiard table tops

Veneers and marquetry

Interior fittings

Door and window frames

Turnery and carvings

Domestic utensils

Platters and bowls

Pestles and mortars

Blocks and pulleys

Brake blocks & bearings

Musical instruments

Wind instruments

Bows, instrument

Wood pulp paper

Soil stabilization

Soil improvement

Magnesium workings coloniser

Ornamental plant

Recreation ground

Fibre pulp paper

Fibre pulp board

Fibre upholstery

Cork substitutes

Rodenticides and muricides

Insecticides etc.

Wood preservative

Antivermin (lice etc.)

Antimicrobial - agents

Medical and veterinary

General medical & veterinary

Anti-inflammatory

Alexiteric (disease antidote)

Antipyretic, febrifuge (reduces fever)

Poison antidotes

Scorpion stings

Detersive (detergent)

Antiparasitic (lice etc.)

Sudorific, diaphoretic

Demulcent (soothing action)

Hair restorative

Counter irritant

Warts & calluses

Wound dressings

Ears, eyes, nose and throat complaints

Eye inflammation

Tooth complaints

Throat complaints

Skeletal structure

Bone complaints

Muscle complaints

Muscle relaxant

Respiratory system

Bechic (controls coughing)

Nose complaints

Chest complaints

Bronchial complaints

Alimentary canal and digestive system complaints

Antihelminthic (internal worms)

Taenicide (tape worms)

Laxative (mildly cathartic)

Purgative (strongly cathartic)

Carminative (anti flatulent)

Emetic (induces vomiting)

Alternative (improves general nutrition)

Chologogue (bile stimulant)

Stomachic (stomach stimulant)

Stomach complaints

Intestinal complaints

Deobstruent (removes obstruction)

Bowel complaints

Amoebic dysentery

Liver complaints

Kidney complaints

Spleen complaints

Urino-genital system

Female fertility

Emmenagogue (stimulates menstrual flow)

Uterine complaints

Ecbolic (accelerates gestation)

Lactation stimulant (galactagogue)

Antilith (prevents or reduces stones)

Diuretic (stimulates urine)

Bladder complaints (cystitis)

Sterility, male

Venereal diseases

Anodyne (relieves pain)

Analgesic (deadens pain)

Anaesthetic (destroys pain)

Circulatory system

Heart stimulant

Angina pectoris

Gland complaints

Gums and resins

Gums (including mucilages)

Non-drying oils - edible

Illuminant - lipids

Fats - illuminant

Illuminants other than fats and oils

Lubricants - lipids

Fats - lubricant

Lubricants other than fats and oils

Varnishes and thinners

Non-drying oil (use unspecified)

Drying oil (use unspecified)

Aromatic amines

Alkaloids (nitrogenous base)

Dyes, inks, coumarins, tannins and other phenolics

Phenolics and related compounds

Plastic extender

Essential oils, terpenoids and latex

Cosmetic essential oil

Flavouring essential oil

Medicinal essential oil

Latex (polyisoprene)

Latex coagulant

Terpenoids other than essential oils and latex