Ethnobotanical Plant Cymbopogon nardus | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Hint Zumbulu; Sereh wangi (Fragrant sereh); Citronnelle; Seriwang

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
Ache(Head)	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.
Anodyne	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Carminative	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Carminative	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cholera	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Dentifrice	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Disinfectant	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dyspepsia	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Fever	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Insecticide	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Malaria	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Neuralgia	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Pain	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.
Repellant(Insect)	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Rubefacient	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Rubefacient	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.