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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

Activities

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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
Bile Elsewhere *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bite(Lizard) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Bite(Snake) Trinidad *
Bite(Snake) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Blood Elsewhere *
Burn 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.
Burn Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Burn Samoa *
Burn Elsewhere *
Burn Trinidad *
Burn Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Cancer Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Nose) US(LA) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cardialgia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Cataplasm Panama(Choco) *
Celiac Elsewhere *