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

Ethnobotanical Plant Carica papaya

Common Name
Katela gantung, Papaya, Chich Put, Kavunagaci, Mapaza, Wan Shou Kuo, Gandul, Papaye, Mu Kua, Papailler, Fan Kua, Papaw, Pawpaw, Betik petik, Papayer, Pawpaw Tree, Pepol, Tinti, Kepaya, Lechoso, Kates, Kuntaia, Lohong Si Phle

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Abortifacient Java *
Abortifacient Panama(Choco) *
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Samoa *
Amebiasis Elsewhere *
Amebiasis Japan *
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Antibiotic Elsewhere *
Antibiotic Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Antiphlogistic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Arthritis Java *
Asthma Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Asthma Mauritius *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bactericide India *
Boil Malaya *
Cancer Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Elsewhere *
Cancer Australia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.