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Ethnobotanical Plant Grewia asiatica

Common Name
Parushaka

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 Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Astringent India Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide India Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent India Duke, 1992 *
Eruption India Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Refrigerant India Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Soap Burma Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Stomachic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stomachic India Duke, 1992 *
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.