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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Hibiscus surattensis

Common Name
Asam susur

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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
Cough India *
Cough Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dermatosis Malaya *
Emollient Reunion *
Emollient Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Gonorrhea India *
Laxative India *
Pectoral Reunion *
Skin India *
Sore India *
Tumor Indochina Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urethritis India *
Venereal India *