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Ethnobotanical Plant Alstonia scholaris

Common Name
Pulai; Dita; Pule; Pha Ya Sat Ta Ban; Pulai bukit; Poele; Saptachada

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
Poison(Arrow) Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Rheumatism India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic India Duke, 1992 *
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Tumor East Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor(Glands) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge Java Duke, 1992 *