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Ethnobotanical Plant Argyreia speciosa

Common Name
Coup D'Air

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
Alterative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Boil Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Nerves Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Poultice Malaysia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Skin Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Smallpox India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Sore(Foot) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Stomach India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Sudorific Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Suppurative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Syphilis India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Tonic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *