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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
Ulcer Elsewhere *
Venereal Trinidad *
Venereal Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Vermifuge Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Vermifuge Elsewhere *
Vermifuge Samoa *
Vermifuge Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Vermifuge Malaya *
Vermifuge 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.
Vermifuge South America Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Wart Elsewhere *
Wart Jamaica Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wart South Africa Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wart Indonesia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wart Sri Lanka Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wart Peru Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wound Elsewhere *