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

 Mirabilis jalapa (Nyctaginaceae)

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Common name(s)
Heft Reng; Kederat; Gecesefase; Belle De Nuit; Kembang pukul empat (4:00 flbd; Bunga pukul empat (4:00 flower; Four O'Clock; Noche Buena; Lala A'Bbas; Ubat jerawat; Buenas Tardes; Dondiego De Noche; Gulabbas; Maravilla; Kembang pagi sore; Tzu Mo Li; Four-O'Clock; Geje Safa; Nodja; Jalap; Belle De Nuit Blanche; Segerat; Belle De Nuit Rose

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abscess Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Abscess Java *
Abscess Elsewhere *
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Boil Java *
Boil Elsewhere *
Boil Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Bruise Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Bruise Elsewhere *
Carbuncle Java *
Carminative 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.
Cathartic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Colic 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.
Cosmetic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cosmetic India *
Cosmetic Malaya *
Cosmetic Japan Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diabetes China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Malaya *
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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.