Ethnobotanical Plant Colocasia esculenta | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Yu; Ocumo; Yu T'Ou; Sato-Imo; T'U Chih

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
Parturition	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Pediculicide	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Piles	Egypt	Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Poison	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Polyp	Venezuela	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Poultice	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Scleroderma	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Sting(Wasp)	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Styptic	Hawaii	Duke, 1992 *
Styptic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Styptic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Thrush	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Tubercle	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Tumor		Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Wart	Japan	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.