Ethnobotanical Plant Mauritia flexuosa | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Digestive	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Intoxicant	Colombia(Guahibo)	Duke, 1992 *
Intoxicant	Amazon	Duke, 1992 *
Intoxicant	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Intoxicant	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Intoxicant	South America	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Laxative	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.