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

Species checklist | 125
Uses: used in traditional medicine; stem used for conjunctivitis and hair
washing, leaves for hair washing, rhizomes for syphilis and postnatal treatment
Life form and origin: herb, indigenous plant
References: 7, 20
396. PAKIS BEUNYEUR
Diplazium esculentum (Retzius) Swartz
Athyriaceae
Vernacular names: edible fern (Eng.); Indonesian: paku sayur; Balinese: pakis
wilis; Malaysia: paku tanjong, paku benar; the Philippines: pako, tagabas;
Thailand: phak kuut, hasdam, kuut khue
Geographical distribution: from central China and southern Japan,
throughout humid tropical Asia
Uses: used in traditional medicine; young leaves for food
Life form and origin: herb, indigenous plant
References: 4, 8
397. PAKU LAMODEH
Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd.
Blechnaceae
Vernacular names: climbing (swamp) fern, liane-fern (Eng.); Indonesia:
Javanese: paku bang; Sundanese: paku hurang; Kalimantan: paku merah; the
Moluccas: paku merah; Malaysia: akar paku, paku miding, paku ranu; the
Philippines: diliman, hagnaya, lanas; Thailand: prong suan, phak kuut daeng,
lam matheng
Geographical distribution: from India throughout Southeast Asia to Australia
Uses: rhizomes for binding fish-traps, making baskets, ropes and belts. Used in
traditional medicine, edible young leaves
Life form and origin: climbing fern, indigenous plant
References: 4, 8
398. PAKU SIMAR
Microsorium scolopendrium (Burm.f.) Copel
Polypodiaceae
Vernacular names: East Indian polypody (Am ); Indonesia: Jakarta: paku
ular; Sundanese: paku cacing; Malaysia: paku wangi, sakat hitam; Thailand: kuut
chakkhep, yai phaek