Does anybody know what are the medicinal uses or any other ethnobotanical uses of Elaeis guineensis?
If you know websites containing any information about Elaeis guineensis please link to them.
Answer
Here is some basic information about Elaeis guineensis and a list of ethnobotanical uses which includes medicinal uses and other uses of Elaeis guineensis.
Elaeis guineensis basic info
Scientific Name: Elaeis guineensis Jacq..
Family: Arecaceae.
Genus: Elaeis.
Common names in English: macaw-fat, oil palm.
For common names of Elaeis guineensis in different languages – See link
Description: Elaeis guineensis is a species of palm native to west and southwest Africa, specifically the area between Angola and the Gambia. It is the principal source of palm oil. Commonly called African oil palm or macaw-fat. – for more info about Elaeis guineensis See link
Ethnobotanical and folk medicinal uses of Elaeis guineensis
- Ache(Head)
- Anodyne
- Antidote
- Aphrodisiac
- Hair-Oil
- Poison
- Soap
- Spice
- Tumor
- Witchcraft
*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
Elaeis guineensis in other websites
Elaeis guineensis 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 Elaeis guineensis – See link.
See if there is something in Youtube on the term Elaeis guineensis – See link.