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Medicinal properties

Drosera are capable of curdling milk, its bruised leaves are applied on blisters, used for dyeing silk.


Nepenthes in local medicine to treat cholera patients, the liquid inside the pitcher is useful for urinary troubles, it is also used as eye drops.

Utricularia is useful against cough, for dressing of wounds, as a remedy for urinary disease.