Ethnobotanical Plant Pachyrhizus erosus | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Bengkowang, Hoewihiris, Yambean, Auyey, Sengkuwang

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 Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Anodyne	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Dermatosis	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Gout	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Insecticide	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	Latin America	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Larvicide	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide	Mexico	Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Piscicide	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide	Latin America	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Poison	Latin America	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison	Guatemala	Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Poison	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Poison	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Prickly-Heat	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Scabies	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Thirst	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Vermifuge	Java	Duke, 1992 *