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

 Careya arborea (Lecythidaceae)

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Common name(s)
Putat kedang

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anus India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Cold India(Gujarat) *
Cold Elsewhere *
Cough Elsewhere *
Cough India(Gujarat) *
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Digestive Elsewhere *
Emollient Indochina *
Emollient Elsewhere *
Eruption Elsewhere *
Fever Elsewhere *
Fistula India(Santal) *
Leech-Repellant Elsewhere *
Piscicide Burma Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Piscicide Elsewhere *
Poison Elsewhere *
Prolapse India(Santal) *
Pruritis Elsewhere *
Smallpox Elsewhere *
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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.