Ethnobotanical Plant Luffa cylindrica

Common Name

Hetima, Bestru, Pipengaille, Ketola

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 Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Amenorrhea	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer(Nose)	Gabon	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative	China	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	Sudan	Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Cough	Japan	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Diuretic	Elsewhere	ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Diuretic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	Samoa	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	Sudan	Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Lactagogue	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Phlegm	Japan	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Purgative	China	Duke, 1992 *
Purgative	Samoa	Duke, 1992 *
Respiratory	Japan	Duke, 1992 *
Sponge	Sumatra	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	China	Duke, 1992 *