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Ethnobotanical Plant 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

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
Abortifacient Java Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Adenopathy Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Amenorrhea Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Anodyne Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Boil Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Boil Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Boil Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
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 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *