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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Achyranthes aspera

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

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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) Tahiti *
Ache(Tooth) India(Santal) *
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) Samoa *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
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 Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.