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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Borassus flabellifer

Common Name
Pei Shu; Palmira Hurma Agaci

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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
Restorative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scabies India(Santal) *
Septicemia India(Santal) *
Sore India(Santal) *
Sore China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Spiderlick India(Santal) *
Stimulant Elsewhere *
Stroke India(Santal) *
Syphilis India(Santal) *
Tumor(Uterus) Cambodia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wound China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.