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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Momordica charantia

Common Name
Periok; Ejinrin; Balsam Apple; Sorci; Kerela; Chin Li Chih; Assorossie; Gule Khandan; Pare; A'Jayib Al Maasi; Salsamino; Sorossie; Peria; Sorossi; Melao De Sao Caetano; Sorossies; Balsampear; K'U Kua; Peria laut; Lai P'U T'Ao

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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
Bladder Cuba *
Boil Elsewhere *
Burn Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Burn Malaya *
Burn Elsewhere *
Cancer Nigeria Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Cancer(Breast) Nigeria Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Canicide US *
Carminative Elsewhere *
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Chilblain Elsewhere *
Cold US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Cold Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Colic Elsewhere *
Colic Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Colic Zaire Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Colitis Elsewhere *
Cough Elsewhere *
Depurative Honduras Standley, P.C. 1931. Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras. Pub. 283, Botanical Series, vol. X. Field Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Dermatosis Malaya *