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Ethnobotanical Plant Eriobotrya japonica

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

Activities

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 Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Pertussis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Refrigerant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sedative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Thirst China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Thirst Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Thirst China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Wine-Nose China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.