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Ethnobotanical Plant Zingiber zerumbet

Common Name
Lampuyang gajah; Lampuyang kebo; Lampuyang paek; Lampuyang kapoer; Zerumbet Ginger; Lampuyang

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
Diarrhea Java Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Philippines Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Java Duke, 1992 *
Dysuria India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Gallstones Java Duke, 1992 *
Gonorrhea Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Lassitude Java Duke, 1992 *
Leprosy Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Leprosy 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.
Medicine Tonga Duke, 1992 *
Phthisis India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Ringworm Hawaii Duke, 1992 *
Skin Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Skin 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.
Spice Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stomach Fiji Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Stomach Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 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.
Wound Hawaii Duke, 1992 *