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

 Zingiber zerumbet (Zingiberaceae)

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Common name(s)
Lampuyang gajah; Lampuyang kebo; Lampuyang paek; Lampuyang kapoer; Zerumbet Ginger; Lampuyang

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Hawaii *
Ache(Stomach) Samoa *
Ache(Stomach) Java *
Ache(Stomach) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Hawaii *
Ache(Tooth) New Guinea *
Antiseptic 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.
Apertif Java *
Asthma India(Santal) *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Asthma 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.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bilious Java *
Bronchitis India(Santal) *
Burn New Guinea *
Chest Samoa *
Cough Elsewhere *
Cough Fiji Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Cough 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.
Dermatitis Samoa *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.