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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Musa paradisiaca

Common Name
Kan Chiao; Bananier; Figue; Banana; Shui Chiao; Moz; Chiao Yu; Banane Grosse Botte; Niu Ju Chiao; Tan P'Ing Chiao; Mei Jen Chiao; Ya Chiao; Pan Chiao; Chi Tzu Chiao; Bananeira De S Tome; Platano; Fo Shou Chiao; Horse Banana; Cambur; Banane Corne; Plantain; Rulo

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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 China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Ache(Head) Panama(Cuna) *
Alopecia(Female) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Anodyne India(Santal) *
Antacid Elsewhere *
Antidote Elsewhere *
Antidote(Centipede) Samoa *
Antidote(Spider) Panama(Choco) *
Aphrodisiac Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Arrow Elsewhere *
Astringent 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.
Astringent Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Back Samoa *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bactericide Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Bacteriostat Elsewhere *
Bacteriostat Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.