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Ethnobotanical Plant Orthosiphon stamineus

Common Name
Java Tea; Kumis Kutjing; East Indian Kidney Tree; Kumisu-Kutin(Neko-No-Hige); Barbiflora

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
Bladder Netherlands Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Bladder Malaysia Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Netherlands Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Diuretic English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Kidney Netherlands Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Kidney French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tea Netherlands Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.