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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cucurbita moschata

Common Name
Giraumont; Nan Kua; Qabagh; Calabaza; Waluh; Kado; Wo Kua

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Abdomen China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Fever Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Laxative Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Spasm China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Taenifuge Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Taenifuge Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Taenifuge China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Taenifuge Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Tumor French Guiana Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Vermifuge China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Vermifuge Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Vermifuge Java *
Vermifuge Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.