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

 Carissa carandas (Apocynaceae)

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Collapse India(Santal) *
Convulsion India(Santal) *
Dropsy India(Santal) *
Epilepsy India(Santal) *
Hemiplegia India(Santal) *
Madness India(Santal) *
Malaria Elsewhere *
Post-Natal India(Santal) *
Rabies India(Santal) *
Rheumatism India(Santal) *
Scurvy Elsewhere *
Sore India(Santal) *
Stomachic Elsewhere *
Vermifuge 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.