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

128 | Five hundred plant species in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, West Java
405. PAREMPENG
Croton argyratus Blume
Euphorbiaceae
Vernacular names: hamba raja, kayu bulan (Pb), Sundanese: ki jahe, calik
angina; Javanese: prakosa, walik angina; Madurese: leprak, pas-kapasan
Geographical distribution: Myanmar, Indochina, Thailand throughout the
Malesian region and northern Australia
Uses: timber for light construction. Used in traditional medicine; roots for
aphtha, leaves for fevers, postnatal treatment and diarrhoea, seeds for lamp oil
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant
References: 27
406. PARIA
Momordica charantia L.
Cucurbitaceae
Vernacular names: bitter gourd, bitter cucumber, balsam pear (Eng.);
Indonesian: paria; Javanese: pare, the Moluccas: papari; Malaysia: peria, peria
laut, periok; the Philippines: ampalaya, paria, palia; Thailand: mara, maha, phakha
Geographical distribution: eastern India and southern China
Uses: used in traditional medicine; leaves as a galactagogue and depurative and
for treating liver disease and anorexia, fruit as a depurative and for aphtha
Life form and origin: liana, exotic plant, cultivated
References: 3
407. PASANG
Lithocarpus Blume
Fagaceae
Vernacular names: Indonesian: mempening; spike oak, Sunda oak (Eng.); the
Philippines: oak; Papua New Guinea: New Guinea oak; Thailand: ko, ko muu;
Vietnam: s[ox]i
Geographical distribution: India, China, Taiwan and southern Japan,
Indochina, Thailand, eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular
Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, the Philippines
Uses: house and bridge construction, flooring, furniture
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant
References: 12, 24