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

 Woodfordia fruticosa (Lythraceae)

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Common name(s)
Seduwayah

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) India(Santal) *
Atrophy India(Santal) *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bladder Java *
Cachexia India(Santal) *
Cancer India *
Carbuncle India(Santal) *
Catarrh Java *
Chancre India(Santal) *
Cholera India(Santal) *
Colic India(Santal) *
Cough India *
Dropsy India(Santal) *
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Dysentery Java *
Emetic Elsewhere *
Eye Elsewhere *
Fever India(Santal) *
Fever 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.