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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Sapindus mukorossi

Common Name
Kuei Chien Ch'Ou; Yu Chu Tzu; P'U Ti Tzu; Buah lerak; Mu Huan Tzu; Fei Chu Tzu; Chinese Soapberry; Mukurozi; Wu Huan Tzu; Mu Huan Jou

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Shampoo Malaya (Import) *
Skin China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Soap China Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Soap Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.