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Ethnobotanical Plant Physalis minima

Common Name
Letup-letup; Cheplukan; Chipluan; Letup; Leletup; Chiplukan; Chichiplukan; Ubat pekong

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
Ache(Head) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Enterosis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Fever Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Gonorrhea Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Intoxicant Caroline I Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Purgative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sore Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Tonic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Tumor(Breast) Korea Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge Java Duke, 1992 *
Wound Java Duke, 1992 *