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Ethnobotanical Plant Raphanus sativus

Common Name
Radis Marron; Kirmiziturp; Radish; Rabano; Lai Fu; Radis; Lo Po; Daikon; Karaturp; Mulaka

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
Abdomen China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Abdomen China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Ache(Head) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Amygdalitis Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Antiphlogistic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Aperient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Apertif Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Apertif US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Asthma China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Asthma China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Bactericide Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Bilious Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Bladder Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bruise Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Burn China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Calculus Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.