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

 Euphorbia neriifolia (Euphorbiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Sudusudu; Forbion Otu; Patuk; Sudu Sudu; Sesudu; Sudha

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) India *
Asthma Java *
Asthma Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Asthma India *
Cathartic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cough Java *
Deobstruent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Java *
Diuretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dropsy Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Earache Malaya *
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant India *
Gonorrhea Salvador Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Jaundice Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Lip Salvador Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Liver Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Ophthalmia India *
Paroxysm Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
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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.