Bombax ceiba
Most Recent Name: Bombax ceiba
Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Plantae - Bombacaceae
Plant Part Origin(s): Flowers
Known use: This plant is widely used in folk medicine as a demulcent, diuretic, aphrodisiac and emetic and for curing impotence; it also demonstrated strong anti-Helicobacter pylori activity. The plant has been used for the treatment of enteritis, dysentery, lymphadenoma, menorrhagia and hepatitis in Taiwan and Kwangton. It was also reported as one of the plants responsible for municipal greening by acting against air pollution.
Source availability: Herbarium of the National Research Centre, Egypt.
Taxonomy: Link
Wikipedia: Link
Regions: North Africa
Countries: Egypt
Places of collection: El-Orman Public Botanical Garden, Giza, Egypt. El-Zoharia Botanical Garden, Cairo Orman Garden, Egypt
GPS coordinates: Unavailable
Collection dates: May 20, 2006
