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

 Luffa acutangula (Cucurbitaceae)

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Common name(s)
Kachur; Leef; Liane Torchon; Servilleta Del Pobre; Ketola; Serviette Des Pauvres; Oyong; Petola sanding; Muneco; Torchon; Kdulifka; Esponja

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