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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Averrhoa bilimbi

Common Name
Balimbing; Belimbing besi; Belimbing buloh; L.; Zibeline; Bilin; Limeng

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Beriberi Java *
Bilious Java *
Cough Java *
Diaphoretic Java *
Itch Java *
Mumps Java *
Ophthalmia Java *
Osteosis Java *
Piles Belimbing besi *
Pimple Java *
Proctitis Java *
Rheumatism Sumatra *
Skin Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Swelling Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Syphilis Malaya *
Thrush Java *
Whitlow Sri Lanka Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.