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Ethnobotanical Plant Piper cubeba

Common Name
Kubabe; Kemekus; Cubeb; Temekus; Temoekoes; Lada ekur; Chabai ekur; Chabai berekur

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
Gonorrhea Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Gonorrhea Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Gonorrhea Java Duke, 1992 *
Gonorrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Kidney Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Panacea Java Duke, 1992 *
Phthisis India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Prolapse India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Java Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sedative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant Malaya Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stimulant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant Java Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Urethritis Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Urethritis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Urogenital China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Urogenital Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.