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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Carica papaya

Common Name
Katela gantung; Papaya; Chich Put; Kavunagaci; Mapaza; Wan Shou Kuo; Gandul; Papaye; Mu Kua; Papailler; Fan Kua; Papaw; Pawpaw; Betik petik; Papayer; Pawpaw Tree; Pepol; Tinti; Kepaya; Lechoso; Kates; Kuntaia; Lohong Si Phle

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
Abortifacient Java *
Abortifacient Panama(Choco) *
Abortifacient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Samoa *
Amebiasis Japan *
Amebiasis Elsewhere *
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Antibiotic Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Antibiotic Elsewhere *
Antiphlogistic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Arthritis Java *
Asthma Mauritius *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Asthma Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Bactericide India *
Boil Malaya *
Cancer Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Elsewhere *
Cancer Australia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.