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Ethnobotanical Plant Ipomoea pes-caprae

Common Name
Batata pantai; Tapak kuda (Horse footprint); Batatilla; Patate Marron; Goat'S Foot; Liseron Pied-De-Chevre; Patate Lan Mer; Daun katang; Liane Manger Cochon; Katang-katang

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
Abscess 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.
Ache(Stomach) Java Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Anus Malagasy Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bedsore Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Blennorrhagia Cambodia Duke, 1992 *
Boil Malaysia Duke, 1992 *
Boil Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Bugbite Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Philippines Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carbuncle Malaysia Duke, 1992 *
Colic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Colic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cramp Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cramps Java Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dropsy Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emetic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.