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

 Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Kemudu; Mengkudu besar; Bengkudu; Pache; Mengkudu; Kudu; Douleur; Mekudu; Fromagier; Pina De Puerco; Bois Douleur

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses 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 Samoa *
Ague Malaya *
Analgesic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Anodyne St.Thomas Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Arthritis Dominica Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Arthritis Tonga *
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 *
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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.