Ethnobotanical Plant Ceiba pentandra | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Fromager, Kabu kapes, Mengkapas, Randu, Fromagier, Mapou Coton, Kapok, Kapokku-No-Ki, Mapou, Kabu-kabu, Ceiba, Kekabu

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 Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Ache(Head)	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Alopecia	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	Elsewhere	ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Asthma	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma	Malaya	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Astringent	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Bladder	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Bowel	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Catarrh	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Cough	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Diuretic	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diuretic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Emetic	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Emetic	Java	Duke, 1992 *