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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Desmodium triflorum

Common Name
Semanggen, Sisek tenggiling (Anteater...), Rumput barek sisek puteh, Sisek betok, Sisik Betok

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
Abscess India *
Abscess India *
Ache(Stomach) Malaya *
Blindness India(Santal) *
Boil Java *
Dermatosis Malaya *
Diarrhea Java *
Diarrhea India *
Diarrhea India *
Dysentery Java *
Hematochezia Java *
Itch India *
Lactogogue India *
Lactogogue India *
Ophthalmia India(Santal) *
Rheumatism Haiti Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Sore India *
Sore India(Santal) *
Splenitis India(Santal) *
Tumor Indonesia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.