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Ethnobotanical Plant Achyranthes aspera

Common Name
Jarongan; Santypite; Rarai; Apamarga; Feuilles La Fievre; Rabo De Gato; Chaff Tree

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Tahiti Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Atrophy India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Bug) Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Bug) India Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Bug) India Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Tiger) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Blindness(Veterinary) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cachexia India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cataract Philippines Duke, 1992 *
Circumcision Tonga Duke, 1992 *
Convulsion Java Duke, 1992 *
Cough Moluccas Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic India Duke, 1992 *