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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
Vermifuge China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Vermifuge China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Vermifuge Chinese Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Wart China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Wen China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.