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
Tonic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Tumor	Brazil	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urethritis	Africa	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Urethritis	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Vermifuge		Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vermifuge	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	Kurdistan	Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Vermifuge	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Vermifuge	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	Trinidad	Duke, 1992 *
Wound	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Yaws	Africa	Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.