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

 Ipomoea pes-caprae (Convolvulaceae)

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Common name(s)
Batata pantai; Tapak kuda (Horse footprint); Batatilla; Patate Marron; Goat'S Foot; Liseron Pied-De-Chevre; Patate Lan Mer; Daun katang; Liane Manger Cochon; Katang-katang

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abscess Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Ache(Stomach) Java *
Ache(Stomach) Elsewhere *
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Anus Malagasy *
Astringent Elsewhere *
Bedsore Elsewhere *
Blennorrhagia Cambodia *
Boil Malaysia *
Boil Malaya *
Bugbite Malaya *
Cancer Philippines Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carbuncle Malaysia *
Colic Elsewhere *
Colic Elsewhere *
Cramp Elsewhere *
Cramps Java *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Dropsy Elsewhere *
Emetic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
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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.