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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Luffa cylindrica (Cucurbitaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Hetima; Bestru; Ketola; Pipengaille

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Total Uses: 18

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Amenorrhea	Java
Cancer(Nose)	Gabon	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative	China
Cathartic	Elsewhere
Cathartic	Sudan	Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Cough	Japan	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Diuretic	Elsewhere
Diuretic	Elsewhere	ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Emetic	Samoa
Emetic	Sudan	Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Emetic	Elsewhere
Lactagogue	Elsewhere
Phlegm	Japan	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Purgative	China
Purgative	Samoa
Respiratory	Japan
Sponge	Sumatra
Vermifuge	China