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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Gloriosa superba

Common Name
Ulatchandral; Langalika; Dorng Dueng; Kembang Djonggrang; Turk'S Cap; Glory Lily; Buch Nak Hindi; Superbe De Malabar; Superba Del Malabar; Lirio De Malabar; Kalihari; Malabarische Methonika

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Mitogen India *
Neuralgia India *
Parasite Hindu Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Parasiticide India *
Parturition India(Santal) *
Pediculicide India *
Piles India *
Poison India *
Poison India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scabies India(Santal) *
Skin India *
Skin Hindu Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sore India *
Sore India(Santal) *
Splenitis India(Santal) *
Stomachic India *
Suicide India Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Syphilis India(Santal) *
Tonic Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic India *