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

Ethnobotanical Plant Elaeis guineensis

Common Name
Yaghurmasi, Oilpalm, Zos Cro-Cro

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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
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Anodyne Nigeria *
Antidote Nigeria *
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Hair-Oil Elsewhere *
Poison Elsewhere *
Soap Elsewhere *
Soap Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Spice Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor Nc Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Witchcraft Nigeria *