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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cocos nucifera

Common Name
Yeh Tzu; Cocoyeur; Nyiur; Drakht I Badinja; Kechambil; Yueh Wang T'Ou; Jeho; Ipai; Yeh Chung Chiu; Kelapa; Noix De Coco; Cocotero; Nyor; Cocoye; Kerambir; Mata De Coco; Coco; Cocotier; Kelambir; Kalapa; Niyu; Coqueiro; Palma De Coco; Kerambil; Hsu Yu

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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
Abscess Samoa *
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Stomach) Malaya *
Ache(Tooth) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Ache(Tooth) Panama(Choco) *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Trinidad *
Alopecia Elsewhere *
Amenorrhea Trinidad *
Amenorrhea Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Anthelminthic Mexico Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Antidote Elsewhere *
Antidote(Stonefish) Samoa *
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Antiseptic Ghana Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Aperient China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aperient Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Asthma Panama(Choco) *