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

 Enydra fluctuans (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Chengkeru

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Ascites India(Santal) *
Bilious India *
Bilious India *
Bilious Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Demulcent India *
Demulcent India *
Dropsy India(Santal) *
Hepatitis India *
Laxative Malaya *
Laxative India *
Laxative India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Laxative Malaysia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Laxative Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Laxative India *
Nerves India *
Nerves India *
Nerves Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Skin India *
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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.