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

 Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae)

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Common name(s)
Jarongan; Santypite; Rarai; Apamarga; Feuilles La Fievre; Rabo De Gato; Chaff Tree

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Tahiti *
Ache(Tooth) India(Santal) *
Astringent Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Atrophy India(Santal) *
Bite(Bug) India *
Bite(Bug) Samoa *
Bite(Bug) India *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) Samoa *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Bite(Tiger) India(Santal) *
Blindness(Veterinary) India(Santal) *
Cachexia India(Santal) *
Cataract Philippines *
Circumcision Tonga *
Convulsion Java *
Cough Moluccas *
Dentifrice Elsewhere *
Dentifrice -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Philippines *
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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.