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Ethnobotanical Plant Mallotus philippensis

Common Name
Kampillaka; Kamala

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Antifertility Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hair-Oil Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Herpes Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Lithontriptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Poison Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ringworm Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Scabies Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Skin Australia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sore India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Styptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Taenifuge Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge Australia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vermifuge Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *