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Ethnobotanical Plant Uncaria gambir

Common Name
Gambir; Wi Tieh Ni; Bengal Gambir

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
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Burn Sumatra Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Masticatory Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Masticatory Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scurf Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Sore(Throat) Malaya Duke, 1992 *