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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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

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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
Repellant(Insect) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Sore Hawaii *
Splenitis 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.
Stomachic 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.
Strain Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Tonic China Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Tonic China *
Tumor Pakistan Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor West Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urticaria Elsewhere *
Uterosis Java *
Vermifuge Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Vermifuge Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Wound Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.