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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Canna sp

Common Name
Canna

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Diarrhea Panama(Choco) *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Emollient Elsewhere *
Epilepsy Elsewhere *
Epithelioma Australia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Evil eye Panama(Choco) *
Hernia Elsewhere *
Refrigerant Elsewhere *
Rubefacient Elsewhere *
Skin Colombia Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Tooth Elsewhere *
Witchcraft Elsewhere *