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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Common name(s)
Letup; Chiplukan; Chipluan; Chichiplukan; Cheplukan; Leletup; Ubat pekong; Letup-letup

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Total Uses: 13

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Ache(Head)	Malaya
Diuretic	Elsewhere
Diuretic	Malaya
Enterosis	Malaya
Fever	Malaya
Gonorrhea	Malaya
Intoxicant	Caroline I	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Purgative	Elsewhere
Sore	Malaya
Tonic	Elsewhere
Tumor(Breast)	Korea	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge	Java
Wound	Java