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Ethnobotanical Plant Woodfordia floribunda

Common Name
Fulsee Flower; Dhauta; Dhataki; Dhataki Pushpa; Seduwayah

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
Astringent English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer India Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Malaysia Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hemostat India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant Sanscrit Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.