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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
Hypertension Elsewhere *
Hypertension Trinidad *
Intoxicant Panama(Choco) *
Jaundice China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Laxative 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.
Mange 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.
Marasmus Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Marasmus Trinidad *
Marrow China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Massage Samoa *
Migraine Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Migraine Trinidad *
Nausea India(Santal) *
Nephritis Elsewhere *
Otalgia Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Poison(Arrow) Colombia *
Psoriasis 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.
Puerperium China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rectum Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Refrigerant 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.