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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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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
Cancer China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cancer Philippines Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carbuncle Malaya *
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Catarrh Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Cold Trinidad *
Cough India(Santal) *
Cough Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cough Malaysia *
Cough Trinidad *
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Demulcent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dentifrice Ghana *
Dysmenorrhea Malaya *
Emmenagogue Annamese Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emmenagogue China Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Emmenagogue Chinese Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.