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Ethnobotanical Plant Piper retrofractum

Common Name
Vahl; Longpepper,Java; Chabe alas; Javanese Long Pepper; Chabai jawa (Java long pepper); Chabean; Lada panjang (Long pepper); Chabe sula

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(Tooth) Lada pandjang Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac Tjabean Duke, 1992 *
Cancer(Nose) Malaya Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Colic Philippines Duke, 1992 *
Cramps Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic Tjabea alas Duke, 1992 *
Digestive Malaysia Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia Philippines Duke, 1992 *
Flatulence Tjabe pandjang Duke, 1992 *
Gastralgia Philippines Duke, 1992 *
Hepatosis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Inertia Malaysia Duke, 1992 *
Osteosis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Parturition Tjabea alas Duke, 1992 *
Piles Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Puerperium Malaysia Duke, 1992 *
Spice Malaya Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stimulant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *