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

 Mollugo pentaphylla (Molluginaceae)

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Common name(s)
Tapak burung (Bird footprint); Bunga karang (Itch flower)

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Antiseptic India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Aperient India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Leg Elsewhere *
Malaria Elsewhere *
Sore Malaya *
Sore Malaya Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sprue Java *
Stomachic India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stomachic Elsewhere *
*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.