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

 Alocasia indica (Araceae)

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Common name(s)
Kar Dard; Bira; Beureum; Sebaring

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anasarca Elsewhere *
Astringent Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) Java *
Cancer Thailand Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Laxative Java *
Laxative Elsewhere *
Parasiticide Elsewhere *
Poison -- Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Sore Java *
Tumor Java *
*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.