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114 | Five hundred plant species in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, West Java
360. LAJA GOWAH – LALAJAAN
Catimbium malaccensis (Burm.f.) Holtt.
Zingiberaceae
Vernacular names: Indonesia: the Moluccas: langkuas Malaka; Lampung:
susuk; Malaysia: puar, bangle; the Philippines: tagbak babae, barapat, birao-birao;
Thailand: kha paa
Geographical distribution: India to Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines
Uses: used in traditional medicine; rhizomes used for boils, fruit for soap, food
and as an antiemetic
Life form and origin: herb, indigenous plant
References: 30
361. LAMBARAN
Cathormion umbellatum (Vahl) Kosterm.
Leguminosae
Vernacular names: Indonesia: Javanese: lom; Thailand: ma kham khaek,
rakam pa
Geographical distribution: Indochina, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, the Lesser
Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, the Moluccas
Uses: for house building
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant
References: 27
362. LAME
Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.
Apocynaceae
Vernacular names: pulai, kayu gabus, kayu susu
Geographical distribution: throughout Malesia, Queensland, the Solomon
Islands, India and southern China
Uses: used in traditional medicine; roots for chancres, bark for fevers,
dermatosis, diabetes, malaria and hypertension
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant
References: 8
363. LAMPENI BADAK
Ardisia lurida Blume
Myrsinaceae