Elettariopsis elan C.K.Lim
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.
BN: Elettariopsis elan C.K.Lim. Zingiberaceae.
VN: Malay - Serai aceh, Serai ache, Tepus wangi, Puar kampung, Pud hom (Thai).
Distribution - Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia. Lemon scented leaves and used for flavoring culinary as lemon grass substitutes and also folk medicines.
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-243106
Journal of Thai Traditional & Alternative Medicine, Vol. 5 No. 3 September-December 2007
Note:
Indigenous but occasionally grown in the backyards in Malay villages as folk medicine. Decoction of roots and plant parts for treatment of food poisoning (muntah-berak) as carminative for flatulence and others.
Elettariopsis elan C.K.Lim
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.
BN: Elettariopsis elan C.K.Lim. Zingiberaceae.
VN: Malay - Serai aceh, Serai ache, Tepus wangi, Puar kampung, Pud hom (Thai).
Distribution - Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia. Lemon scented leaves and used for flavoring culinary as lemon grass substitutes and also folk medicines.
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-243106
Journal of Thai Traditional & Alternative Medicine, Vol. 5 No. 3 September-December 2007
Note:
Indigenous but occasionally grown in the backyards in Malay villages as folk medicine. Decoction of roots and plant parts for treatment of food poisoning (muntah-berak) as carminative for flatulence and others.