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Ethnobotanical Plant Alstonia scholaris

Common Name
Pulai; Dita; Pule; Pha Ya Sat Ta Ban; Pulai bukit; Poele; Saptachada

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
Ache(Head) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Leg) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Loin) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antidote(Antiaris) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Asthma India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Beriberi Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Boil Java Duke, 1992 *
Bronchitis India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Thailand Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cholera India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cough Java Duke, 1992 *
Diabetes Java Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea India Duke, 1992 *
Dyschezia Sumatra Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery India Duke, 1992 *
Dyslactation India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *