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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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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
Antidote(Scorpion)(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake)(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Boil(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Burn(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Carminative(Veterinary) Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Carminative(Veterinary) Elsewhere *
Colic(Veterinary) Elsewhere *
Cosmetic Java *
Cosmetic(Veterinary) Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Detersive(Veterinary) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diaphoretic(Veterinary) Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic(Veterinary) Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Diuretic(Veterinary) English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic(Veterinary) Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue(Veterinary) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Emmenagogue(Veterinary) German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Epilepsy(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Excitant(Veterinary) Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Expectorant(Veterinary) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Expectorant(Veterinary) Elsewhere *