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

 Canna sp (Cannaceae)

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Common name(s)
Canna

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Diarrhea Panama(Choco) *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Emollient Elsewhere *
Epilepsy Elsewhere *
Epithelioma Australia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Evil eye Panama(Choco) *
Hernia Elsewhere *
Refrigerant Elsewhere *
Rubefacient Elsewhere *
Skin Colombia Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Tooth Elsewhere *
Witchcraft Elsewhere *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.