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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Zingiber zerumbet

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

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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 *
Diarrhea Philippines *
Dysentery Java *
Dysuria India(Santal) *
Gallstones Java *
Gonorrhea Samoa *
Lassitude Java *
Leprosy Elsewhere *
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 *
Phthisis India(Santal) *
Ringworm Hawaii *
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.
Skin Elsewhere *
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 *
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.
Vermifuge Elsewhere *
Wound Hawaii *