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

 Curculigo orchioides (Liliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Poison Bulb

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Aperient Elsewhere *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Carminative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Dermatosis Philippines Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Enuresis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Impotency China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Itch Elsewhere *
Jaundice Elsewhere *
Kidney China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Piles Elsewhere *
Restorative Elsewhere *
Skin Elsewhere *
Tonic Elsewhere *
Whitlow India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
*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.