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

 Cycas circinalis (Cycadaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pakis laut (Sea fern); Pakis dongol; Pakis aji; Pakis badak; Fern Palm; Paku laut (Sea fern); Saba; Paku gajah (Giant fern)

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Cancer(Skin)? Tenassarim *
Carminative Elsewhere *
Dermatosis Singapore *
Flatulence Java *
Hematemesis Java *
Narcotic Elsewhere *
Narcotic (Pollen) Malaya *
Nausea Elsewhere *
Parturition Perak *
Poison Elsewhere *
Poison Guam *
Poison -- Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Sore Singapore *
Sore Elsewhere *
Swelling Malaya *
Swelling Elsewhere *
Thirst Guam *
*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.