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Singkamas
Constituents and characteristics
Roots are high in carbohydrates; good source of calcium and iron.
Young pods are also good sources of calcium and iron.
Seeds are 38.4% limpeed oil.
Seeds also contain a poisonous substance, pachyrrhizid, a glucoside; toxic to fish if pounded and dropped in water. The seeds also contain a toxic resin.
Uses
Nutritional
Roots are eaten raw or prepared; pods used as vegetable.
Folkloric
Decoction of the roots used as a diuretic.
Warmed poultice of the stem pulp applied to painful areas in the leg.
Seeds are laxative; and the oil of seeds is purgative in doses of 40 gms.
Tincture from seeds used for treatment of herpes.