Ethnobotanical Plant Ceiba pentandra | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Fromager; Kabu kapes; Mengkapas; Randu; Fromagier; Mapou Coton; Kapok; Kapokku-No-Ki; Mapou; Kabu-kabu; Ceiba; Kekabu

Activities

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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
Emetic	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Emollient	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Emollient	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Enterosis	Malacca	Duke, 1992 *
Erysipelas	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Erysipelas	Trinidad	Duke, 1992 *
Feet	Trinidad	Duke, 1992 *
Feet	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Female	Panama(Cuna)	Duke, 1992 *
Fever	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Filler	Elsewhere	ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Gravel	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Hoarseness	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Hydropsy	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Leprosy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Neuralgia	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Parturition	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Parturition	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Salt	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Shampoo	Java	Duke, 1992 *