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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Common Name
Woro-wari; Khatmah Siniyah; Bussoge; Feuilles Choublak; Bunga raya (Big flower); Fu Sang; Gumamela; Cin Gulu; Cayena; Jih Chi; Shoe-Black; Ru Sang; China Rose; Ch'Ih Chin; Chu Chin; Rose Of China

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Abortifacient Java *
Abortifacient Samoa *
Adenopathy Malaya *
Amenorrhea Trinidad *
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Anodyne Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Antidiarrheic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Antidote Kelantan *
Aperient Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Aphrodisiac Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Asthma Trinidad *
Astringent Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Boil Samoa *
Boil Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Boil Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Bronchitis Malaya *