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

 Urena sinuata (Malvaceae)

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Carbuncle India(Santal) *
Cold Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Cold Trinidad *
Convulsion India(Santal) *
Cough Trinidad *
Cough Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Depurative Trinidad *
Depurative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Dyspepsia Trinidad Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Flu Trinidad *
Flu Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Palpitation Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Palpitation Trinidad *
Puerperium Trinidad *
Puerperium Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Sore India(Santal) *
Spiderlick India(Santal) *
Tuberculosis Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Tuberculosis Trinidad *
Whitlow India(Santal) *
*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.