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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Portulaca oleracea

Common Name
Ma Ch'Ih Hsien, Suberi-Hiyu, Perpine, Coupier, Purslane, Semizotu, Pourpier, Gelang pasir, Coupe-Pied, Verdolaga, Parpinah, Berbin, Krokot, Porcelana, Ancharupa, Beldroega, Pourpier Commun

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
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Alexiteric China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anthrax China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Antiphlogistic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Aperient Elsewhere *
Aperient Java *
Ardor Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Astringent India *
Bactericide China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Bite(Bug) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Bite(Snake) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Bladder Elsewhere *
Bladder India *