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

Common Name
Name; Tepatli

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
Fever Hawaii *
Gonorrhea India *
Laxative Hawaii *
Leprosy India *
Piles India *
Tumor West Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge India *