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

 Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae)

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Common name(s)
Ma Ch'Ih Hsien; Suberi-Hiyu; Perpine; Coupier; Purslane; Semizotu; Pourpier; Gelang pasir; Coupe-Pied; Verdolaga; Parpinah; Berbin; Krokot; Porcelana; Ancharupa; Beldroega; Pourpier Commun

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Alexiteric China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anthrax China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Antiphlogistic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Aperient Java *
Aperient Elsewhere *
Ardor Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Astringent India *
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Bactericide China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Bite(Bug) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Bite(Snake) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Bladder India *
Bladder 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.