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

 Canavalia gladiata (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Kachang parang (Chopper bean); Kachang polong; Carabanz; Nata-Mame

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antitussive Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Boil Malaya *
Conjunctivitis Malaya *
Repellant(Insect) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
*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.