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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Cucurbita moschata (Cucurbitaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Qabagh; Kado; Nan Kua; Wo Kua; Waluh; Giraumont; Calabaza

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Total Uses: 14

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Abdomen	China	ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Fever	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Laxative	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Spasm	China	ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Taenifuge	Turkey	Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Taenifuge	Kurdistan	Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Taenifuge	China	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Taenifuge	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Tumor	French Guiana	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Vermifuge	China	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Vermifuge	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Vermifuge	China	ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Vermifuge	Java