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Ethnobotanical Plant Brucea javanica

Common Name
Hempedu beruang (Bear gall); Tambur bui; Ya Dan Zi; Embalau betina; Melada pahit (Bitter pepper); Sikalur; Lada barau; Sarai pusur; Malur; Kwalot; Lada pahit (Bitter pepper); Dadih-dadih

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
Amebiasis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Amebiasis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Anodyne Kelantan Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Bite(Centipede) Java Duke, 1992 *
Boil Java Duke, 1992 *
Cancer(Esophagus) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Cathartic Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Cholagogueue Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Colic Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Condyloma Indochina Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Condyloma China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Corn China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cough Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dysentery Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dysentery China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Dysentery Chinese Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.