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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Citrullus lanatus

Common Name
Melon D'Eau; Hsi Kua; Yang Ch'I Kua; Water Melon; Raggi; Semongka; Han Kua; Patilla; Shuti; Qarbuz; Watermelon

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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
Pectoral China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Peptic China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Elsewhere *
Potherb Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Repellant Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Stomatitis China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Urogenital Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Urogenital US *