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Ethnobotanical Plant Scoparia dulcis

Common Name
Balai Doux; Cancharagua; Teh makao (Macao tea); Cha padang (Opening tea); Pokok delis; Bunyiga; Pokok kelambu (Gray plant); Ginje jepun; Mastuerzo; Ginje menir

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
Sore Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Sore Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Sore(Throat) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Sore(Throat) Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Sore(Throat) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Spasm Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Syphilis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Tumor Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Venereal Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Wound Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.