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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Eriobotrya japonica

Common Name
Loquat; P'I P'A; Biwa

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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
Nausea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Pertussis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Refrigerant Elsewhere *
Sedative Elsewhere *
Smallpox China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sore China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stomachic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Swelling Indochina *
Thirst Elsewhere *
Thirst China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Thirst China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Wine-Nose China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.