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

 Murraya paniculata (Rutaceae)

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Common name(s)
Kemuning; Kemuning lada; Cosmetic Barktree

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Astringent Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Cosmetic Malaya *
Cosmetic -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cough Elsewhere *
Dentifrice Elsewhere *
Diarrhea Philippines *
Dysentery Philippines *
Eye Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Gynecology Malaya *
Herpes Malaya *
Hysteria Elsewhere *
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Stimulant Elsewhere *
Stomatosis Malaya *
Tapeworm Java *
Wound Elsewhere *
*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.