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

 Alternanthera sessilis (Amaranthaceae)

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Common name(s)
Keremak; Matean; Bayem keramah; Keramah

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anus India(Santal) *
Beriberi Java *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bite(Lizard) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) India *
Collyrium India *
Diarrhea India(Santal) *
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Enterosis Java *
Eyesight India(Santal) *
Fever India(Santal) *
Fever India *
Fever Java *
Fistula India(Santal) *
Fracture(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Fumitory New Guinea Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Hematochezia Java *
Intestine India *
Lactogogue Srilanka *
Malaria India(Santal) *
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*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.