Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Barcode: CAL0000002985

Family: ARACEAE

Scientific Name: Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott

Collector: J.S. Gamble

Country: India

Uses: Fruits stimulant, diaphoretic, carminative and anthelmintic, diarrhoea, asthma. Fruits as well as shoots show hypoglycaemic activity and the former also show antiprotozoal activity.