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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Vitex trifolia

Common Name
Indian Wild Pepper, Man Ching, Ching T'Iao, Lenggundi, Legundi, Panj Angushte Abi, King Tsse, Ching Tzu, Nichinda, Hamago, Lenggudi, Sindhula, Surasa, Gatillier Trifolie

Activities

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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(Back) Hawaii *
Ache(Head) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Ache(Head) Samoa *
Ache(Head) India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Alterative English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Amenorrhea Elsewhere *
Analgesic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Anhydrotic Samoa *
Anodyne India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Anodyne Samoa *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Brain Samoa *
Breathlessness Samoa *
Cancer Elsewhere *
Cancer(Breast) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cancer(Breast) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Catarrh China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Chest Samoa *
Cough Samoa *