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

 Equisetum debile (Equisetaceae)

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Common name(s)
Roempoet betoeng

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Arthritis Batavia *
Eyesight China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Gonorrhea India *
Joint Malaysia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Pain Malaysia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Refrigerant India *
*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.