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

Ethnobotanical Plant Trichosanthes palmata

Common Name
Makal, Kaundala, Hanzal I Surkha, Pai Yao Tzu

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Cathartic India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hydragogue India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.