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Ethnobotanical Plant Luffa acutangula

Common Name
Kachur; Leef; Liane Torchon; Servilleta Del Pobre; Ketola; Serviette Des Pauvres; Oyong; Petola sanding; Muneco; Torchon; Kdulifka; Esponja

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
Adenopathy India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Amenorrhea Java Duke, 1992 *
Amenorrhea Java Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Conjunctivitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Conjunctivitis Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Convulsion India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Kelantan Duke, 1992 *
Dropsy Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Emetic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Emetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emetic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Jaundice Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Laxative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Leprosy Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *