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Ethnobotanical Plant Gynandropsis gynandra

Common Name
Mamang; Maman hantu; Bhoebhoewan; Maman; Mahmah; Bobowan

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
Rheumatism China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Wound India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *