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Ethnobotanical Plant Morinda citrifolia

Common Name
Kemudu; Mengkudu besar; Bengkudu; Pache; Mengkudu; Kudu; Douleur; Mekudu; Fromagier; Pina De Puerco; Bois Douleur

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
Gingivitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Gout Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hepatosis Java Duke, 1992 *
Inflammation Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Jaundice Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Kidney Fiji Duke, 1992 *
Laxative Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Laxative Java Duke, 1992 *
Leucorrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Leukorrhea Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Medicine New Zealand(Niue) Duke, 1992 *
Myalgia Tonga Duke, 1992 *
Nausea Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Nausea Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Sierra Leone Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Rheumatism Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Dominica Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Sapraemia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sapraemia Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 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.