Ethnobotanical Plant Dioscorea hispida (Dioscoreaceae)
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Common name(s)
Gadong; Bitoele; Gadung; Sijapa; Nami
Data Views
Total Uses: 18
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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Antiseptic | Malaya | * |
Bite(Dog) | India(Santal) | * |
Boil | India(Santal) | * |
Callus | Java | * |
Callus | Indonesia | Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34. |
Corn | Java | * |
Diabetes | Java | * |
Feet | Malaya | * |
Leprosy | Java | * |
Poison | India | * |
Poison(Arrow) | Elsewhere | Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer. |
Poison(Arrow) | India | * |
Rabies | India(Santal) | * |
Sore | Malaya | * |
Sore | India(Santal) | * |
Tumor | Philippines | Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34. |
Whitlow | India(Santal) | * |
Whitlow | 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.