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Ethnobotanical Plant Eurycoma longifolia

Common Name
Penawar pahit (Bitter antidote; Tongkat ali (Ali's staff); Bedara puteh (White jujube); Bedara merah (Red jujube); Lempedu pahit (Bitter gall); Jack; Payong ali (Ali's umbrella); Bedara pahit (Bitter jujube); Babi kurus

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
Ache(Head) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) Bedara putih Duke, 1992 *
Antidysentery Vietnam Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Bones Borneo Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Dullness Vietnam Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Fever Bedara putih Duke, 1992 *
Indigestion Vietnam Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Intoxication Cambodia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Itch Borneo Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Malaria Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Parturition Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Smallpox Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Sore Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Syphilis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge Malaysia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Wound Java Duke, 1992 *