Cycas revoluta information


Does anybody know what are the medicinal uses or any other ethnobotanical uses of Cycas revoluta?

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Here is some basic information about Cycas revoluta and a list of ethnobotanical uses which includes medicinal uses and other uses of Cycas revoluta.

 

Cycas revoluta basic info
Scientific Name: Cycas revoluta Thunb..
Family: Cycadaceae.
Genus: Cycas.
Common names in English: sotesu-nut.
For common names of Cycas revoluta in different languages – See link
Description: Cycas revoluta is a species of gymnosperm native to southern Japan including the Ryukyu Islands. It is one of several species used for the production of sago, as well as an ornamental plant. Other names: Sotetsu, sago palm, king sago, sago cycad and Japanese sago palm. – for more info about Cycas revoluta See link

 

Ethnobotanical and folk medicinal uses of Cycas revoluta
*The information in this list is based on the ethnobotanical data in Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases.
Dr. Duke does not recommend using this information for self diagnosis or self medication. – See link

 

Cycas revoluta in other websites
Cycas revoluta common names, economics importance, distributional range and more in the USDA GRIN website – See link.
Search PubMed (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) for academic researches with the search term Cycas revoluta – See link.
See if there is something in Youtube on the term Cycas revoluta – See link.