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Ethnobotanical Plant Hyptis suaveolens

Common Name
Oregano; Mastranto; Ajonjoli Cimarron; Sepulut; Mamajuana; Lerkuing; Basinan; Selaseh hutan (Woodland basil); Melisse; Malbar hutan

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
Catarrh Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Cold Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Cold Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Colic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Constipation Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Constipation Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Depurative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dermatosis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Epistaxis India Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Fever Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Fever Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Flu Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Flu Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Gall Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Intestine Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Lactagogue Java Duke, 1992 *