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

144 | Five hundred plant species in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, West Java
457. SECANG
Caesalpinia sappan L.
Fabaceae
Vernacular names: sappanwood, Indian redwood (Eng.); Indonesian: kayu
secang; Javanese: soga Jawa, Malaysia: sapang, the Philippines: sapang, sibukau,
Thailand: ngaai, faang
Geographical distribution: Southeast Asia, Africa and the Americas
Uses: used in traditional medicine; stems used as a depurative and for treating
haemoptysis, syphilis, conjunctivitis and dysentery
Life form and origin: shrub, indigenous plant
References: 30
458. SEMBUNG
Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.
Asteraceae
Vernacular names: ngai camphor plant (Eng.); Indonesia: Javanese: sembung
gantung, sembung gula, sembung kuwuk, sembung legi, sembung mingsa;
Madurese: kemandhin; Indonesian: sembung (common); Malaysia: chapa,
chapor, sembong; the Philippines: sambong, lakadbulan, subsub; Myanmar:
poung-ma-theing; Cambodia: bai mat; Thailand: kam phung, naat yai
Geographical distribution: from India, Myanmar, Indochina, southern China
and Taiwan to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines
Uses: used in traditional medicine; roots used as a stomachic and for treating
anorexia, malaria and fevers, leaves as a stomachic and for anorexia, menstrual
disorders, rheumatism
Life form and origin: herb, wild, weed
References: 3, 20
459. SEUHANG
Ficus grossularioides Burm.f.
Moraceae
Vernacular names: white-leaved fig (Eng.); Indonesia: Sundanese: hamerang,
huru lalaki; Javanese: kebek; Batak-Sumatra: modang susu; Malaysia: ara perak,
kelumpong burong, sepedeh jantan
Geographical distribution: Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra,
Java and Borneo