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Ethnobotanical Plant Cymbopogon schoenanthus

Common Name
Mao Ju Ma; Mao Hsiang

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
Astringent 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.
Carminative 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.
Diuretic 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.
Emmenagogue 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.
Eruption China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Medicine India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Medicine Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Perfume China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stimulant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.