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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Dysentery China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Emetic Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Fever Java *
Insecticide China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Insecticide China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Labor Kelantan *
Malaria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Malaria China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Mange Malaya *
Nematicide Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Piles China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Poison China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Poison China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Pulicide China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Rheumatism Malaya *
Ringworm Java *
Scurf Sumatra *
Sore China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Splenomegaly Java *
Tumor(Lung) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.