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

 Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pulai; Dita; Pule; Pha Ya Sat Ta Ban; Pulai bukit; Poele; Saptachada

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) India(Santal) *
Ache(Leg) India(Santal) *
Ache(Loin) India(Santal) *
Ache(Tooth) Malaya *
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antidote(Antiaris) Malaya *
Aphrodisiac Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Asthma India(Santal) *
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Beriberi Malaya *
Boil Java *
Bronchitis India(Santal) *
Cancer Thailand Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cholera India(Santal) *
Cough Java *
Diabetes Java *
Diarrhea India *
Dyschezia Sumatra *
Dysentery India *
Dyslactation India(Santal) *
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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.