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

Ethnobotanical Plant Pachyrhizus erosus

Common Name
Bengkowang, Hoewihiris, Yambean, Auyey, Sengkuwang

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
Anodyne Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Dermatosis Java *
Gout Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Insecticide Latin America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Larvicide Elsewhere *
Laxative Elsewhere *
Laxative Java *
Pediculicide Mexico Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Piscicide Elsewhere *
Piscicide Latin America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Poison Latin America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Poison Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Poison Elsewhere *
Prickly-Heat Java *
Scabies Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Thirst Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Vermifuge Elsewhere *