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

Ethnobotanical Plant Asparagus racemosus

Common Name
Shaqaqule Hindi, Catavari, Satavari, Songga langit

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Bones) India(Santal) *
Ache(Limb) India(Santal) *
Aphrodisiac India *
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Demulcent Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Demulcent Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Demulcent Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Demulcent(Veterinary) Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Dysentery Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Dysentery Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Fever India(Santal) *
Glossitis India(Santal) *
Gravel India(Santal) *
Impotence Java *
Lactogogue Arabic Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Lactogogue Elsewhere *
Nerves Elsewhere *