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

Ethnobotanical Plant Hernandia ovigera

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 Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) Samoa *
Alopecia Philippines *
Antidote India *
Arthritis Caroline I Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Boil Samoa *
Dandruff Philippines *
Depilatory India *
Dysmenorrhea Samoa *
Eye Samoa *
Laxative Samoa *
Pediculicide Samoa *
Puerperium Samoa *
Scalp Caroline I Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Sclerosis Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Spasm Samoa *