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Ethnobotanical Plant Coleus amboinicus

Common Name
Bangun-bangun; Nilam; Daun kuching; Hati-hati; Membangun; Oreille

Activities

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
Ache(Head) Java Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Angina? Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Burns Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Carminative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cold Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Cough Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Cough Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dysuria Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Fever Java Duke, 1992 *
Intoxicant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Medicine Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Thrush Java Duke, 1992 *