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The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines

Note 3 — Dicotyledonous, Polypetalous.

Jerome Beers Thomas translation

Uses.—The bruised seeds emit an odor of musk, and for this reason the plant has received the name Kastuli, signifying musk in Sanscrit. They possess antispasmodic and stimulant properties, and the infusion is diuretic. Bonastre3 analyzed Kastuli seeds as follows:

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