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

 Derris elliptica (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Tuba benar (True fish-poison); Akar Djenu; Derisu; Akar tuba (Fish-poison vine); Tuba

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Hepatosis Malaya *
Herbicide Malaya *
Impetigo Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Insecticide Malaysia Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Insecticide Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Insecticide Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Insecticide India *
Oxyuriasis Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Piscicide Java *
Piscicide Borneo *
Piscicide Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Piscicide India *
Piscicide Samoa *
Poison German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison(Arrow) Borneo *
Poison(Arrow) Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
*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.