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

Common Name
Pisang embung; Pisang swanggi; Pisang kelat; Pisang; Pisang batoe; Pisang kepok; Pisang batu; Banana; Platano

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
Fever(Remittent) Malaya *
Flu Bahamas *
Hemostat Java *
Liqueur Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Malaria Elsewhere *
Medicine Mozambique Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Metrorrhagia Java *
Obesity Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Parturition Java *
Pharyngitis Java *
Piles Java *
Psychedelic US *
Renosis Java *
Sore Elsewhere *
Sore(Throat) Java *
Swelling Bahamas *
Thyroid Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tonsillitis Java *