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

 Pangium edule (Flacourtiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pakem; Kapayang; Bauh keluak (Nauseating tree); Reinw.; Pangi; Puchung; Payang

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antiseptic Java *
Arrow-poison Malaya *
Artemicide Malaya *
Boil Sumatra *
Homocide Malaya *
Itch Malaya *
Leprosy Sumatra *
Parasiticide Kapayang *
Piscicide Sumatra *
Piscicide Java Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison Java Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Scurf Malaya *
Vermifuge Java *
Wound Malaya *
*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.