Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
974 Madagascar Periwinkle Leaf Medicinal The leaves and aerial parts of the plant have a wide range of traditional uses. Well known as an oral hypoglycaemic agent, the plant is also considered to be depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic, purgative and vermifuge. A decoction is taken to treat hypertension, asthma, menstrual irregularities, chronic constipation, diarrhoea, indigestion, dyspepsis, malaria, dengue fever, diabetes, cancer and skin diseases 2,340
975 Madagascar Periwinkle Root Medicinal A decoction of the roots is taken to treat dysmenorrhoea 2,340
976 Celosia Whole Medicinal The whole plant is used as an antidote for snakebites and the roots to treat colic, gonorrhoea and eczema. 2,030
977 Celosia Seed Medicinal The seeds are used as medicine for diarrhoea, and in Ethiopia the flowers to treat dysentery and muscle troubles. 2,030
978 Celosia Leaf Medicinal The leaves are used as medicine in the treatment of infected sores, wounds and skin eruptions. 2,030
979 Coriander Fruit Medicinal The Fruit are reported to have carminative, diuretic, tonic, stomachic, antibilious, refrigerant, anticatarrhal, antispasmodic, galactagogue, emmenagogue and aphrodisiac effects. 2,205
980 Chinese Gooseberry Whole Medicinal Used in the treatment of stones in the urinary tract,rheumatoid arthralgia, cancers of the liver and oesophagus 1,985
981 Chinese Gooseberry Leaf Medicinal A decoction of the leaves is used to treat mange in dogs. 1,985
982 Chinese Gooseberry Stem Medicinal The stem-juice is used in the treatment of gravel. 1,985
983 Red Tasselflower Leaf Medicinal Leaf is crush and and applied at the small swollen at skin, boiled with water from medicine for fever, cough and phthisis. Root used for the medicine of diarrhea. In Java Island, the leaf juice is dripped to hurt eye and ear. 1,978
984 Potato Onion Bulb Medicinal Shallot also has medicinal properties. Traditionally it is used to reduce fever and to cure wounds. 2,074
985 Fennel Seed Medicinal An infusion of the seeds is a safe and effective cure for wind in babies 2,211
986 Fennel Root Medicinal An infusion of the root is used to treat urinary disorders 2,211
987 Common Oleander Whole Medicinal Oleander is a very poisonous plant, containing a powerful cardiac toxin and should only be used with extreme caution. 2,297
988 Common Oleander Root Medicinal The root is powerfully resolvent. Because of its poisonous nature it is only used externally. It is beaten into a paste with water and applied to chancres and ulcers on the penis 2,297
989 Parsnip Root Medicinal A tea made from the roots has been used in the treatment of women's complaints. A poultice of the roots has been applied to inflammations and sores.The root contains xanthotoxin, which is used in the treatment of psoriasis and vitiligo. 2,217
990 Parsley Leaf Medicinal A poultice of the leaves has been applied externally to soothe bites and stings 2,216
991 Parsley Whole Medicinal Parsley is antidandruff, antispasmodic, aperient, carminative, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, galactofuge, kidney, stomachic and tonic 2,216
992 Yellow Mombin Bark Medicinal The bark is used in a remedy for gonorrhoea, to treat diarrhoea, coughs and colds, haemorrhages. stomach-aches and to alleviate fatigue 2,123
993 Yellow Mombin Leaf Medicinal Leaf decoctions are used to treat diarrhoea, dysentery, colds, fevers and gonorrhoea. 2,123