Saw Palmetto

Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) fruits provide food for many animals, including foxes, raccoons, opossums and gopher tortoises. The flowers are used by many pollinating insects. The fruits are used to treat enlarged prostate, which is sold as saw palmetto extract.
Saw palmetto
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Saw palmetto has also been used for chronic pelvic pain, migraine, hair loss and other conditions. Discover more about the medicinal uses of this plant through the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.

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