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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

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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
Cardiac Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cardiotonic Elsewhere *
Cholagogue Elsewhere *
Colic Malaya *
Constipation Trinidad *
Constipation Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Corn Malagasy Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Corn India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Corn Philippines Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Decoagulant Trinidad *
Decoagulant Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Diarrhea Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Digestive Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Digestive Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Digestive Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Digestive Elsewhere *
Digestive China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diphtheria Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere *