Ethnobotanical Plant Desmodium gangeticum | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Serengan; Kemani bali; Meringan; Akar katuh; Vidarigandha; Lepantan

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)	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth)	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Alterative	India	Duke, 1992 *
Catarrh	India	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diarrhea	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	India	Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery	India(Santal)	Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery	Upper Volta	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Expectorant	India	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	India	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever	India	Duke, 1992 *
Gravel	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Steam-Bath	Upper Volta	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Stone	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Tonic	India	Duke, 1992 *
Tumor(Abdomen)	India	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urogenital	Upper Volta	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Vermifuge	Upper Volta	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Vision	India(Santal)	Duke, 1992 *