Ethnobotanical Plant Colocasia esculenta | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Yu, Ocumo, Yu T'Ou, Sato-Imo, T'U Chih

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
Abortifacient	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Ear)	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Alopecia	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Astringent	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Athlete's-Foot	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Bite(Bug)	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Boil	Samoa	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer(Nose)	Venezuela	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cyanogenetic	US	Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenetic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Intoxicant	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	Hawaii	Duke, 1992 *
Morphea	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *
Mycosis(Veterinary)	Brazil	Duke, 1992 *