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

 Canthium parviflorum (Rubiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Kanden; Wild Jessamine; Merajah; Kirni

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Astringent Malaysia Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hiccup Malaysia Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Vermifuge India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
*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.