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Ethnobotanical Plant 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

Activities

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
Astringent Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Astringent India Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Java Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Astringent Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Astringent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Blennorrhagia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bronchitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bruise Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Burn Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Cachexia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Calculus Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cholera Pekan Duke, 1992 *
Cold Bahamas Duke, 1992 *
Colitis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Constipation Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cough Amboina Duke, 1992 *
Cough Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Culifuge Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Debility Bahamas Duke, 1992 *