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Ethnobotanical Plant Areca catechu

Common Name
Ping Lang; Ta Fu Tzu; Bluk; Pinang; Chohang; Wohan; Fufal Agaci; Batang majang; Jambe; Poea; Kramuka; Bing Lang

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Malaria China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Malaria China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Masticatory Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Masticatory India Duke, 1992 *
Masticatory Solomon I Duke, 1992 *
Masticatory Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Masticatory Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Miotic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Odontosis Java Duke, 1992 *
Oliguria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Ophthalmia Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Preventitive(Malaria) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Preventitive(Mephitis) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rhagades India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Rhinosis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Scabies Java Duke, 1992 *
Smallpox India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Sore India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stomachic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.