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

 Plumbago zeylanica (Plumbaginaceae)

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Common name(s)
Bama; Poksor; Seiron-Maturi; Godong enchok; Cheraka; Jarak; Chitraka; Chita; Inobiri; Leadwort,White-Flowered; Ohyeegya; Chempaka; Daun Entjok

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Abortifacient Japan Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Abortifacient Malaysia *
Abortive Java *
Abscess Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) Java *
Anasarca Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Candida India *
Counterirritant Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Dermatosis Java *
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Digestive India(Ayurvedic) *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue Java *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Enema Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
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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.