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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Pistia stratiotes

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
Syphilis Elsewhere *
Thrush 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.
Tuberculosis India *
Tuberculosis Elsewhere *
Tuberculosis Elsewhere *
Tumor Brazil Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Ulcer 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.
Ulcer Elsewhere *
Venereal Cuba *
Venereal Elsewhere *
Vermifuge Elsewhere *