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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Lagenaria siceraria

Common Name
Qare Sibbahi; Hu Lu; Guiro; Asmakabagi; Gourd; Kara Qabagh; Callebasse Courante; Calebasse Franc; Banganya; Hu; Congourde; Hu Tzu; Calabazo; P'Ao; Qari; Callebassier; P'Iao; Camasa; Gourde Des Pelerins

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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
Purgative Elsewhere *
Purgative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Refrigerant Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Refrigerant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Scrofula India(Santal) *
Sore India(Santal) *
Splenitis India(Santal) *
Tetanus India(Santal) *
Tumor Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wound India(Santal) *