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

 Adina cordifolia (Rubiaceae)

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antiseptic -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Astringent -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Bilious India(Santal) *
Blindness(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Carbuncle India(Santal) *
Cholera India(Santal) *
Colic India(Santal) *
Diarrhea -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dysentery -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever Elsewhere *
Insecticide -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Night-Blindness India(Santal) *
Rinderpest India(Santal) *
*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.