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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Hemidesmus indicus

Common Name
Carivas

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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
Alterative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Alterative India *
Bacteriostat India *
Demulcent Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Demulcent India *
Depurative India *
Diaphoretic India *
Diuretic India *
Diuretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Eye India *
Gravel India *
Inflammation India *
Refrigerant India *
Rheumatism India *
Syphilis India *
Tonic India *
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urogenital India *