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Ethnobotanical Plant Melochia corchorifolia

Common Name

Lemak kepiting (Crab fat), Lemak ketam (Crab fat), Limah ketam, Pulit-pulit, Bayam rusa (Deer spinach), Bunga padang (Meadow flower)

Activities

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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 Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Abdomen	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Abdomen	India	Duke, 1992 *
Abdomen	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Angina?	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Antiaris)	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake)	India	Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery	India	Duke, 1992 *
Dysuria	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Lip	Kordofan	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Nausea	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Smallpox	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	India	Duke, 1992 *
Swelling	India	Duke, 1992 *