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

 Pluchea indica (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Baluntas; Beluntas; Beluntas paya; Luntas; Baruntas

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Astringent Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Dysentery Malaysia *
Dysentery Sumatra *
Fever Elsewhere *
Fever -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever Java *
Gangrene Elsewhere *
Leucorrhea Indochina *
Lumbago Indochina *
Myosis Sumatra *
Nervine Elsewhere *
Obesity Malaysia *
Smallpox Malaya *
Sore Malaya *
Sore Elsewhere *
Sudorific -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tea -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tea Malaysia *
Tonic Elsewhere *
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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.