Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
452 Jipijapa Palm Whole Ornamental C. palmata is grown pantropically as an ornamental. 7,684
453 Jipijapa Palm Leaf Industrial C. palmata is, however, used in Central America for making lesser-quality hats for local use. In South-East Asia hats are made of C. palmata in Indonesia and the Philippines, mainly for the tourist industry. In pre-Columbian times, South American Indians used C. palmata leaves to weave mats. Older and coarser leaf material still widely serves for making mats, baskets, cigar cases, small bags and similar objects, whereas mature leaves and the stiff outer leaf segments are made into brooms. 7,684
454 Galingale Whole Ornamental NULL 7,685
455 Galingale Root Food The crisp starchy tuberous roots are edible and have an sweet aromatic mossy violet-like fragrance that made it a prized and much-used spice in the medieval kitchen. 7,685
456 Edible Spike Rush Tuber Food Chinese water chestnut (tuber or corm) is used as a vegetable both raw or cooked in numerous local dishes such as omelets, soups, salads, meat and fish dishes, and even in sweet dishes in China. The larger corms are widely eaten raw as a substitute for fresh fruits. The smaller corms are used principally for making starch. In Indonesia and the Philippines, the corms are usually made into chips ("emping teki"). 7,686
457 Edible Spike Rush Whole Feed (Forage/Fodder) They are also used as cattle feed or as mulch. 7,686
458 Edible Spike Rush Stem Industrial Stems are used for making sleeping mats (Sumatra, Sulawesi) and skirts (Papua New Guinea). 7,686
459 Erima Bark Industrial The wood is used for several purposes, especially where strength is not important. The wood can only be used under cover for light furniture and joinery, interior finish, mouldings, wide shelves, louvred doors, coffin boards, large dugout canoes, rafts, sledges, jungle drums, concrete shuttering, packing, low-quality crates and boxes, buoys and fish-net floats, matchboxes, back and core veneer, firewood, chipboard and fibreboard, and for pulp and paper manufacture. The inner bark contains a yellow dye. 7,687
460 Erima Leaf Medicinal Young leaves are eaten as vegetable and the juice is used in local medicine to treat stomach-ache. 7,687
461 Elephant Apple Fruit Food Fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. The aromatic, acid, juicy fruit is usually used in curries, preserves, drinks or fermented into vinegar. The fruits have a similar taste and flavour to unripe apple. 7,708
462 Elephant Apple Fruit Medicinal The fruit is tonic and laxative. It is used in the treatment of abdominal disorders, and is mixed with sugar to be used against coughs. 7,708
463 Elephant Apple Fruit Industrial The fruits can be rubbed in water to make a soap. The pulp is used as a hair wash. 7,708
464 Dillenia Fruit Food NULL 7,719
465 Dillenia Fruit Medicinal According to Ayurveda, the plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha. It is used to treat anal fistula, wounds, diabetes, diabetic carbuncle, neuritis, pleurisy, pneumonia, and burning sensation. 7,719
466 Dillenia Bark Industrial A fibre obtained from the inner bark is used for cordage. The wood is used for planking, house posts and furniture. The wood, though of rather good quality, is rarely used because of its crookedness. A rather good quality charcoal is made from the wood. 7,719
467 African Bitter Yam Root Food Root should be cooked first before eat. The roots are collected, peeled, cut into small pieces and soaked overnight to remove toxic substances before being cooked. Then they are washed, sliced and dried in the sun. The dried slices are pounded into flour and used for uji or ugali. 7,720
468 African Bitter Yam Root Medicinal The tuber is boiled and eaten, or the liquid can be drunk, in the treatment of jaundice and malaria. The root is considered a cure for schistosomiasis. The powder obtained from dried and pounded roots is soaked in water and used to treat bilharzia. The root is used topically as an anodyne to relieve pain. 7,720
469 Barbasco Yam Root Medicinal The root is sometimes grown for medicinal purposes. This is almost certainly for the diosgenin found in the roots, which is a precursor of certain female hormones and is extracted for pharmaceutical use. 7,721
470 Guinea Yam Tuber Food The most popular yam in West Africa. The stem of this variety is round without wings and prickly at the base. The white flesh of the tubers produces a mealy starch. The tubers store well. 7,722
471 Guinea Yam Leaf Feed (Forage/Fodder) NULL 7,722