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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Dioscorea hispida (Dioscoreaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Sijapa; Nami; Gadong; Bitoele; Gadung

Data Views

Total Uses: 18

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Antiseptic	Malaya
Bite(Dog)	India(Santal)
Boil	India(Santal)
Callus	Java
Callus	Indonesia	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Corn	Java
Diabetes	Java
Feet	Malaya
Leprosy	Java
Poison	India
Poison(Arrow)	India
Poison(Arrow)	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Rabies	India(Santal)
Sore	Malaya
Sore	India(Santal)
Tumor	Philippines	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Whitlow	India(Santal)
Whitlow	Java