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

Common Name
Keremak; Matean; Bayem keramah; Keramah

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
Anus India(Santal) *
Beriberi Java *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bite(Lizard) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) India *
Collyrium India *
Diarrhea India(Santal) *
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Enterosis Java *
Eyesight India(Santal) *
Fever Java *
Fever India *
Fever India(Santal) *
Fistula India(Santal) *
Fracture(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Fumitory New Guinea Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Hematochezia Java *
Intestine India *
Lactogogue Srilanka *
Malaria India(Santal) *