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

 Melochia corchorifolia (Sterculiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Lemak kepiting (Crab fat); Lemak ketam (Crab fat); Limah ketam; Pulit-pulit; Bayam rusa (Deer spinach); Bunga padang (Meadow flower)

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen Malaya *
Abdomen Elsewhere *
Abdomen India *
Angina? Malaya *
Anodyne Malaya *
Antidote(Antiaris) Malaya *
Bite(Snake) India *
Dysentery India *
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysentery Malaya *
Dysuria Malaya *
Lip Kordofan Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Nausea Malaya *
Smallpox Malaya *
Sore India *
Sore Elsewhere *
Sore Malaya *
Swelling India *
*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.