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Ethnobotanical Plant Calotropis gigantea

Common Name
Algodon De Seda, Biduri, Sidaguri, Arka, Mudar Plant, Kemengu, Rembega, Remiga, Arbre A Soie, Saduri, Ushar, Kayu berduri, Akanda, Khok, Mudar Pflanze, Widuri

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)
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Ache(Leg) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Loin) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Alterative Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anasarca India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Bug) India Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Boil India Duke, 1992 *
Boil Java Duke, 1992 *
Boil India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Carbuncle India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cholera India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cold Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Conjunctivitis Java Duke, 1992 *
Convulsion India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cough Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Delirium India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *