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Ethnobotanical Plant Lagenaria siceraria

Common Name
Qare Sibbahi; Hu Lu; Guiro; Asmakabagi; Gourd; Kara Qabagh; Callebasse Courante; Calebasse Franc; Banganya; Hu; Congourde; Hu Tzu; Calabazo; P'Ao; Qari; Callebassier; P'Iao; Camasa; Gourde Des Pelerins

Activities

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
Ache(Head) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Ache(Tooth) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Adenopathy India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Alexiteric Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Alopecia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Anasarca India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Antidote China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Asthma Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Bilious Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Boil China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Burn India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Convulsion India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cough Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Cough Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Depurative 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.
Diuretic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.