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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Oilpalm; Zos Cro-Cro; Yaghurmasi

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Total Uses: 11

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Ache(Head)	Elsewhere
Anodyne	Nigeria
Antidote	Nigeria
Aphrodisiac	Elsewhere
Hair-Oil	Elsewhere
Poison	Elsewhere
Soap	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Soap	Elsewhere
Spice	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor	Nc	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Witchcraft	Nigeria