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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Luffa aegyptiaca

Common Name
Ssu Kua; Leaf; Serviette Des Pauvres; Lifka; Musu; Torchon; Servilleta Del Pobre; T'Ien Lo; T'Ien Ssu Kua; Man Kua; Liane Torchon; Pu Kua

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tumor Guinea Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urogenital China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Variola China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Vermifuge China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.