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Ethnobotanical Plant Dioscorea hispida

Common Name

Gadong, Bitoele, Gadung, Sijapa, Nami

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 Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Antiseptic	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Dog)	India(Santal)	Duke, 1992 *
Boil	India(Santal)	Duke, 1992 *
Callus	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Callus	Indonesia	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Corn	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Diabetes	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Feet	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Leprosy	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	India	Duke, 1992 *
Poison(Arrow)	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison(Arrow)	India	Duke, 1992 *
Rabies	India(Santal)	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	India(Santal)	Duke, 1992 *
Tumor	Philippines	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Whitlow	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Whitlow	India(Santal)	Duke, 1992 *