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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 Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Gonorrhea Java Duke, 1992 *
Gonorrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
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.
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 Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant Malaya Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
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.