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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Stemona tuberosa

Common Name
Pai Pu; Tama-Byakubu; Pai Pu Chiu; Ubi kemeli hutan

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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
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Antitussive China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Cancer Thailand Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cough China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cough Indochina *
Cough Elsewhere *
Cough China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Insecticide Java *
Insecticide Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Insecticide China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Parasiticide China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Pediculicide China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Pediculicide China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Pediculicide Elsewhere *
Phthisis Elsewhere *
Phthisis Indochina *
Poison China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Rheumatism China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press