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

 Brucea javanica (Simaroubaceae)

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Common name(s)
Hempedu beruang (Bear gall); Tambur bui; Ya Dan Zi; Embalau betina; Melada pahit (Bitter pepper); Sikalur; Lada barau; Sarai pusur; Malur; Kwalot; Lada pahit (Bitter pepper); Dadih-dadih

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Amebiasis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Amebiasis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Anodyne Kelantan *
Anticoagulant Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Bite(Centipede) Java *
Boil Java *
Cancer(Esophagus) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Cathartic Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Cholagogueue Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Colic Malaya *
Condyloma Indochina Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Condyloma China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Corn China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cough Malaya *
Diarrhea Malaya *
Diarrhea China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dysentery China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dysentery China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Dysentery Chinese Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dysentery China Lost Crops of the Incas.
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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.