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Ethnobotanical Plant Vigna mungo

Common Name
Lu Tou; Mudga; Mach; Lehloli

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
Gravel India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Hepatitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Impotency India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Nerves Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Poultice China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Prolapse India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Resolvent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Scabies India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Smallpox China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Soap Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Splenitis India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Tumor Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Tumor Lesotho Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor(Lachrymae) Arabia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.