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

Ethnobotanical Plant Morinda citrifolia

Common Name
Kemudu, Mengkudu besar, Bengkudu, Pache, Mengkudu, Kudu, Douleur, Mekudu, Fromagier, Pina De Puerco, Bois Douleur

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abdomen Malaya *
Abscess Samoa *
Ache(Head) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Tooth) Samoa *
Ache(Tooth) Tonga *
Ague Malaya *
Ague Samoa *
Analgesic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne St.Thomas Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Arthritis Tonga *
Arthritis Dominica Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Beriberi Java *
Bite(Bug) Samoa *
Boil Samoa *
Boil Tonga I Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Breast Samoa *
Cathartic Elsewhere *
Chest Malaya *
Colic Malaya *