Banana
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swahili name
Ndisi
More Local Names
borana:
DIGO:
duruma:
giriama:
kamba:
Maiyo
kauma:
kikuyu:
Marigo
kipsigis:
Ndisiot
kisii:
kuria:
luhya:
LUO:
Rabolo
maasai:
maragoli:
meru:
mijikenda:
nandi:
NUBI:
OGIEK:
pokomo:
pokot:
rabai:
sabaot:
samburu:
suba:
TURKANA:
Scientific Name
Musa paradisiaca
plant family
Plant Details and use
The peelings are dried and burned to ash. Water is added and filtered. Filtrate is taken to treat heartburn. It neutralizes acid in the stomach. It is also used for pimples and acnes, peelings of the ripe banana is applied on the fees, left for some time then washed with clean water
treatable conditions
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