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Ethnobotanical Plant Pistia stratiotes

Common Name
Gadjambang; Kambiang; Sarme-sarme; Tajapoe; Kapu-kapu; Kiambang

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
Abcess Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Abscess Brazil Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Anodyne Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Anodyne Gambia Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Asthma India Duke, 1992 *
Cold Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Cough India Duke, 1992 *
Cough Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Cough Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cough Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Demulcent Java Duke, 1992 *
Diabetes Brazil Duke, 1992 *