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Herb : Plantain

Classification

Plantain is a crop which is less sweet than dessert banana. Banana is the fruit of plantain and generally used for cooking or eaten raw when fresh.

Plantain is native to tropical regions of Southeast Asia, Oceania, including Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.

It is small wild plant that sometimes grows as noxious weed. It grows naturally in the lawns, gardens and backyards in throughout of America.

It appears like dandelion, which grows down to the roots and need to pull out with roots.

The leaves are ovate and long and can be distinguished by their chunky footstalk.

The flower stem of plantain grows upto 7-20 inches and having long barbs of green-whitish flowers.

Plantain can be easily found in throughout the Europe and temperate climate zone in Asia.

The leaves are cultivated in the summers. The plantain shrub can be found growing near the waste places as weed, commercially it is not harvested.

Leaves, seeds

Common plantain is valued by most herbalists around the world and is used for multiple ailments.
The herb is used as a substitute of comfrey and treats bruises and broken bones.
Plantain ointment and lotions are used to cure hemorrhoids fistulae or anomalous channels in the skin as well as ulcers.
Plantain also possesses properties like diuretic, expectorant, and decongestant.
This herb is thought to be effective for gastritis, peptic ulcers, diarrhea, dysentery, cold, and cough and can be taken in excessive menstrual bleeding.