Ethnobotanical Plant Pistia stratiotes | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

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

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	Country/Region	Reference
Laxative	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	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.
Laxative	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Leprosy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Piles	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Piles	India	Duke, 1992 *
Piles	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Piles	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Piles	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism	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.
Ringworm	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Salt	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.
Scalp	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Skin	India	Duke, 1992 *
Skin	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Soap	Africa	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	Cuba	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	Philippines	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press