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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

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Laxative Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Menorrhagia Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Menorrhagia India(Santal) *
Menorrhagia Elsewhere *
Metroxenia Samoa *
Ophthalmia Malaya *
Parotitis China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Parturition Samoa *
Pectoral Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Pectoral Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poultice China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Puerperium Elsewhere *
Puerperium Samoa *
Purgative Java *
Refrigerant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Refrigerant Elsewhere *
Sore Samoa *
Stomach Samoa *
Sudorific Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Swelling China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.