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

 Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Juckbohne; Kekara gatel; Fogarate; Pois A Gratter; T'Ao Hung King; Swagupta; Rarawejah; Jeukerwt; Pois Gratte; Pien Tou; Fagiolo Di Rio Negro

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Anodyne India(Santal) *
Antidote(Crocodile) India(Santal) *
Antidote(Scorpion) India(Santal) *
Aphrodisiac German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Aphrodisiac Panama(Cuna) *
Aphrodisiac Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Ascaricide China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Asthma Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Cancer India(Santal) *
Cholera Elsewhere *
Coffee Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Cough India(Santal) *
Diarrhea Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Diuretic Java *
Diuretic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
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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.