Colocasia esculenta

Traditional uses

  • Abortifacient

    Tradition: Brazil

  • Ache(Ear)

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Alopecia

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Anodyne

    Tradition: Brazil

  • Antidote

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Astringent

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Athlete's-Foot

    Tradition: Trinidad

  • Bite(Bug)

    Tradition: China

  • Boil

    Tradition: Samoa

  • Cancer(Nose)

    Tradition: Venezuela

  • Cyanogenetic

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Dyspepsia

    Tradition: Elsewhere

Chemicals

  • ALUMINUM

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 18

  • ALUMINUM

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 3.9

  • AMYLOPECTIN

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 176400 to 188640

  • ARABINOSE

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 3200 to 8560

  • ASCORBIC-ACID

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 69 to 3625

  • ASCORBIC-ACID

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 0 to 325

  • ASH

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 8000 to 63000

  • ASPARTIC-ACID

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 1920 to 6540

  • BORON

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 0.9 to 7

  • CALCIUM

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 260 to 17400

  • CALCIUM

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 130 to 3780

  • CALCIUM-OXALATE

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 430