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

 Hypericum japonicum (Clusiaceae)

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Philippines(Ifugao) *
Alterative China *
Asthma Malagasy *
Astringent Chinese Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Astringent China *
Bite(Snake) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cancer Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cold China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Contusion China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Dysentery Malagasy *
Hernia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Jaundice China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Leech Chinese Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Odontectomy Philippines(Ifugao) *
Styptic Malagasy *
Vulnerary China *
Vulneric Chinese Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
*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.