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

 Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chiang Tou; Pois Inconnu

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Adenopathy India(Santal) *
Anus India(Santal) *
Astringent India *
Bilious Cambodia *
Breath China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Burn India(Santal) *
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere *
Diarrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diuretic India *
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Dysuria India(Santal) *
Fistula India(Santal) *
Jaundice Cambodia *
Kidney China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Leprosy India(Santal) *
Liver Cambodia *
Measles India(Santal) *
Nausea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Neuralgia India(Santal) *
Nutritive 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.
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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.