Elettariopsis elan C.K.Lim

SGG project - Working note:

BN: Elettariopsis elan C.K.Lim. Zingiberaceae.

VN: Malay - Serai aceh, Serai ache, Tepus wangi, Puar kampung, Pud hom (Thai).

Source: SLN, Jerant, Ph

ACQ Date: 130813-0052-August 13, 2013

 

Distribution - Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia. Creeping herb to 70 cm tall. 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.

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