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

 Coleus amboinicus (Lamiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Bangun-bangun; Nilam; Daun kuching; Hati-hati; Membangun; Oreille

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Java *
Ache(Stomach) Malaya *
Angina? Malaya *
Anodyne Malaya *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Burns Malaya *
Carminative Elsewhere *
Cold Samoa *
Cough Malaya *
Cough Elsewhere *
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Dysuria Elsewhere *
Fever Java *
Intoxicant Elsewhere *
Medicine Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Thrush 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.