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

 Desmodium gangeticum (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Serengan; Kemani bali; Meringan; Akar katuh; Vidarigandha; Lepantan

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Malaya *
Ache(Tooth) Malaya *
Alterative India *
Catarrh India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diarrhea Malaya *
Diuretic India *
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Dysentery Upper Volta Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Expectorant India *
Febrifuge India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever India *
Gravel Java *
Sedative Malaya *
Steam-Bath Upper Volta Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Stone Malaya *
Tonic India *
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urogenital Upper Volta Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Vermifuge Upper Volta Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Vision India(Santal) *
*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.