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Ethnobotanical Plant Pterocarpus santalinus

Common Name
Chendana janggi; Kirmizi Santal; Tzu T'An; Tjendana djenggi; T'An; Niu Shou Chan T'An; Sandalwood Paduak; Red Saunders

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
Inflammation Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Leucorrhea Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Skin Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sprue Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Suppurative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Yaws Malaya Duke, 1992 *