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

 Entada scandens (Fabaceae)

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Loin) India(Santal) *
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Astringent Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Cancer India(Santal) *
Dropsy India(Santal) *
Epilepsy India(Santal) *
Hair Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Hair-Dye Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Laxative India(Santal) *
Piscicide Panama(Cuna) *
Poison Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Rinderpest India(Santal) *
Soap Panama(Cuna) *
Stomachic Elsewhere *
*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.