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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Deodorant Elsewhere *
Depilatory Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Dropsy India(Santal) *
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Ear India *
Elephantiasis Elsewhere *
Emetic Burma Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Emetic India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Epilepsy India(Santal) *
Expectorant Sanscrit Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Hemiplegia India(Santal) *
Hemorrhage India(Santal) *
Hydrocoele India(Santal) *
Intestine India(Santal) *
Labor India(Santal) *
Leprosy India *