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

 Boerhaavia diffusa (Nyctaginaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pega Pollo Cimarron; Manger Cochon; Toston; L.; Pega Pollo; Liane Manger Cochon; Punarnava

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen India(Santal) *
Albuminuria Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne India(Santal) *
Anodyne Upper Volta Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Antidote(Scolopendrid) India(Santal) *
Anus India(Santal) *
Asthma Samoa *
Asthma 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.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Asthma Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bright's Disease Elsewhere *
Convulsion Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Depurative Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diarrhea Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic -- *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Hawaii *
Dropsy Samoa *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.