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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Sorghum bicolor

Common Name
Durra; Thura; Bayaz Dari; Dari; Serce Darisi; Kao Liang; Shu Shu

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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(Stomach) India(Santal) *
Cancer Egypt Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cyanogenetic US *
Demulcent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Demulcent Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Diuretic Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emollient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emollient Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Epilepsy India(Santal) *
Flux China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Intoxicant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.