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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Achyranthes aspera

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

Activities

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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) India(Santal) *
Ache(Tooth) Tahiti *
Astringent Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Atrophy India(Santal) *
Bite(Bug) India *
Bite(Bug) India *
Bite(Bug) Samoa *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) Samoa *
Bite(Tiger) India(Santal) *
Blindness(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Cachexia India(Santal) *
Cataract Philippines *
Circumcision Tonga *
Convulsion Java *
Cough Moluccas *
Dentifrice Elsewhere *
Dentifrice Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Philippines *