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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Mucuna pruriens

Common Name
Juckbohne; Kekara gatel; Fogarate; Pois A Gratter; T'Ao Hung King; Swagupta; Rarawejah; Jeukerwt; Pois Gratte; Pien Tou; Fagiolo Di Rio Negro

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Dropsy India(Santal) *
Dysuria Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fracture India(Santal) *
Madness India(Santal) *
Medicine Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Mumps Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Nervine French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pleuritis India(Santal) *
Resolvent Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Ringworm India(Santal) *
Rubefacient Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Rubefacient China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sore India(Santal) *
Syphilis India(Santal) *
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge Trinidad *
Vermifuge Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Vermifuge Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Vermifuge 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.
Vermifuge East Indies Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.