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

Common Name
Galoba oetan; Tawar; Tabar-tabar; Tawar-tawar; Costus; Setengteng; Setawar; Teng

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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
Alopecia Java *
Carcinoma(Mouth) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cough Malaya *
Depurative Elsewhere *
Dysentery Java *
Fever Malaya *
Leprosy Malaya *
Ophthalmia Java *
Purgative Elsewhere *
Purgative Malaya *
Smallpox Malaya *
Syphilis Java *
Tonic Elsewhere *
Vermifuge Elsewhere *