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Ethnobotanical Plant 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

Activities

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
Medicinel Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Melancholy Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Night-Blindness Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Parturition Java Duke, 1992 *
Piles Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Piles Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Poison Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Poison Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Poison Latin America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Psoriasis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Refrigerant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Refrigerant Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Renitis Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Rheumatism Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *