Ethnobotanical Plant Momordica charantia | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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

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	Country/Region	Reference
Jaundice	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Kidney	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Lactogogue	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	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.
Laxative	Africa	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Leprosy	Iraq	Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Leprosy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Leprosy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Leprosy	Iraq	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Leprosy	Samoa	Duke, 1992 *
Leprosy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Liver	Kurdistan	Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Malaria	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Malaria	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Malaria	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Malaria	Trinidad	Duke, 1992 *
Malaria	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Malaria	Venezuela	Duke, 1992 *
Malignancy	Guam	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Malignancy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *