Gynandropsis gynandra information about medicinal uses and other uses of the plant

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Does anybody know what are the medicinal uses or any other ethnobotanical uses of Gynandropsis gynandra?

If you know websites containing any information about Gynandropsis gynandra please link to them.

Answer 1



Here is some basic information about Gynandropsis gynandra and a list of ethnobotanical uses which includes medicinal uses and other uses of Gynandropsis gynandra.

 

Gynandropsis gynandra basic info

Scientific Name: Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq..

Family: Cleomaceae.

Genus: Gynandropsis.

Common names in English: bastard-mustard, cat's-whiskers.

 

Ethnobotanical and folk medicinal uses of Gynandropsis gynandra

• Ache(Head)
• Chills
• Cold
• Fever
• Labor
• Ache(Stomach)(Veterinary)
• Arthritis
• Boil
• Cough
• Eye
• Larvicide
• Malaria
• Neuralgia
• Pediculicide
• Piles
• Piscicide
• Poison
• Rheumatism
• Rubefacient
• Vermifuge
• Wound

*The information in this list is based on the ethnobotanical data in Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases.

Dr. Duke does not recommend using this information for self diagnosis or self medication. - See link

 

Gynandropsis gynandra in other websites

Gynandropsis gynandra common names, economics importance, distributional range and more in the USDA GRIN website - See link.

Search PubMed (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) for academic researches with the search term Gynandropsis gynandra - See link.

See if there is something in Youtube on the term Gynandropsis gynandra - See link.