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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Vetiveria zizanioides

Common Name
Vetivert; Herb Vetivert; Vetiver; Swarankusa; Chiendent Odorant; Usheera; Akar Wangi; Larasetu; Sevya; Arabischer Kostus; Nara wastu; Vala; Khas Khas; Pachuli; Cus Cus

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Fever(Veterinary) India Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Fever(Veterinary) Trinidad *
Fever(Veterinary) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Flu(Veterinary) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Flu(Veterinary) Trinidad *
Hepatitis(Veterinary) India Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Lumbago(Veterinary) Elsewhere *
Malaria(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Mouth(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Nausea(Veterinary) Elsewhere *
Parasiticide(Veterinary) 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.
Parturition Malaya *
Perfume(Veterinary) India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Perfume(Veterinary) Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Pleurisy(Veterinary) Trinidad *
Pleurisy(Veterinary) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Refrigerant(Veterinary) Elsewhere *
Refrigerant(Veterinary) Danish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Repellant(Insect) Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Repellant(Insect)(Veterinary) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.