![Color image depicting the green leaves of a plantain plant. Color image depicting the green leaves of a plantain plant.](../../../../../assets/exhibition/detail/OB1692.jpeg)
Plantain (Hawaiian name: Laukahi. Scientific name: Plantago major), 2011
Used as a poultice to help heal boils, sprains, bruises, broken bones, and torn muscles . The seeds are used for cleansing the bowel.
Courtesy National Library of Medicine, photo by Kauila Clark