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

 Helicteres isora (Sterculiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chabai tali; Chabai lintal; Jelumpang

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) Malaya *
Ache(Stomach) India(Santal) *
Amebiasis India *
Antigalactogogue India *
Aphrodisiac Malaya *
Appetizer Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Astringent India *
Bilious India *
Carbuncle India(Santal) *
Cholera India(Santal) *
Colic India *
Colic India(Santal) *
Colic Diarrhea Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Demulcent India *
Diarrhea India *
Dysentery Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dysentery India(Gujarat) *
Dysentery India *
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Empyema India *
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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.