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

Ethnobotanical Plant Luffa acutangula

Common Name
Kachur, Leef, Liane Torchon, Servilleta Del Pobre, Ketola, Serviette Des Pauvres, Oyong, Petola sanding, Muneco, Torchon, Kdulifka, Esponja

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
Adenopathy India(Santal) *
Amenorrhea Java *
Amenorrhea Java *
Anodyne India(Santal) *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Conjunctivitis Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Conjunctivitis Elsewhere *
Convulsion India(Santal) *
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Diuretic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Kelantan *
Dropsy Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Emetic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emetic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Jaundice Elsewhere *
Laxative Elsewhere *
Leprosy Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.