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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Mirabilis jalapa

Common Name
Heft Reng, Kederat, Gecesefase, Belle De Nuit, Kembang pukul empat (4:00 flbd, Bunga pukul empat (4:00 flower, Four O'Clock, Noche Buena, Lala A'Bbas, Ubat jerawat, Buenas Tardes, Dondiego De Noche, Gulabbas, Maravilla, Kembang pagi sore, Tzu Mo Li, Four-O'Clock, Geje Safa, Nodja, Jalap, Belle De Nuit Blanche, Segerat, Belle De Nuit Rose

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abscess Elsewhere *
Abscess Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Abscess Java *
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Boil Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Boil Java *
Boil Elsewhere *
Bruise Elsewhere *
Bruise Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Carbuncle Java *
Carminative 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.
Cathartic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Colic 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.
Cosmetic Malaya *
Cosmetic Japan Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cosmetic India *
Cosmetic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diabetes China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diuretic Malaya *
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.