Five hundred plant species in gunung Halimun Salak ... - CIFOR

357. KUMIS KUCING
Species checklist | 113
Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miquel
Labiatae
Vernacular names: Java tea (Eng.); Indonesian: kumis kucing; Javanese: remuk
jung; Malaysia: kumis kucing; the Philippines: balbas-pusa, kabling-gubat;
Thailand: yaa nuat maeo
Geographical distribution: from India, Indochina and Thailand through Malesia
Uses: used in traditional medicine
Life form and origin: shrub, exotic plant, cultivated
References: 3
358. KURAY
Trema orientalis (L.) Blume
Ulmaceae
Vernacular names: Indonesia: Javanese: angrung; Minahasa: dehong, intil,
tayapu, samaki
Geographical distribution: widespread, east tropical Africa to Polynesia, north
to Japan, south to Queensland
Uses: used in traditional medicine and for house building (poles, door and
window frames)
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant
References: 8
359. LAJA
Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd.
Zingiberaceae
Vernacular names: galanga, greater galangal (Eng.); Indonesian: langkuas;
Javanese: laos; Malaysia: lengkuas, puar; the Philippines: langkauas, pal-la;
Myanmar: padagoji; Thailand: kha, kha yuak, katuk karohinee
Geographical distribution: tropical Southeast Asian countries, also in China
and Suriname
Uses: used in traditional medicine; rhizomes as a stomachic and for anorexia
Life form and origin: herb, exotic plant, cultivated
References: 30