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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Excoecaria agallocha

Common Name
Buta-buta; Mangrove,Milky; Bebuta; Blind Your Eyes

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
Abortifacient India *
Arrow-poison Malacca *
Cancer Australia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Dermatosis Malaya *
Leprosy India *
Leprosy Fiji *
Paralysis India *
Piscicide New Caledonia *
Piscicide India *
Purgative India *
Rheumatism India *
Skin Burma *
Sore India *
Tumor Indonesia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.