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

 Urena lobata (Malvaceae)

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Common name(s)
Petit Cousin; Pulutan; Cadillo De Perro; Legetan; Cousin; Pepulut; Cadillo; Pulut; Pulut-pulut; Pulut lembu; Kelutut; Escoba

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen Java *
Ache(Head) Malaya *
Ache(Head) Guam *
Ache(Stomach) Trinidad *
Ache(Stomach) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Aftosa 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.
Aftosa Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Alexiteric 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.
Anodyne Java *
Aphthaee Elsewhere *
Bladder Elsewhere *
Bladder Philippines *
Blennorrhagia 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.
Boil 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.
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Burn Tonga *
Burn Tonga *
Calculus 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.
Cataplasm Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Colic Brazil *
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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.