Does anybody know what are the medicinal uses or any other ethnobotanical uses of Dryobalanops aromatica?
If you know websites containing any information about Dryobalanops aromatica please link to them.
Answer
Here is some basic information about Dryobalanops aromatica and a list of ethnobotanical uses which includes medicinal uses and other uses of Dryobalanops aromatica.
Dryobalanops aromatica basic info
Scientific Name: Dryobalanops aromatica C. F. Gaertn..
Family: Dipterocarpace.
Genus: Dryobalanops.
Common names in English: Malay camphor, Sumatra camphor.
Description: Dryobalanops aromatica, is a large emergent tree, found in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. This species was one of the main sources of camphor and attracted early Arab traders to Borneo, at that time being worth more than gold, and used for incense and perfumes. – for more info about Dryobalanops aromatica See link
Ethnobotanical and folk medicinal uses of Dryobalanops aromatica
- Ache(Head)
- Ache(Tooth)
- Asthma
- Conjunctivitis
- Cough
- Gastralgia
- Ophthalmia
- Rhinosis
- Ringworm
- Sore
- Sprue
- Antiphlogistic
- Arthritis
- Balsamic
- Bubo
- Cancer(Esophagus)
- Cancer(Nose)
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Carbuncle
- Chancre
- Diaphoretic
- Eczema
- Escharotic
- Heat rash
- Mucositis
- Opacity
- Poison
- Polyp(Nose)
- Polypus
- Rhinitis
- Sclerosis
- Sedative
- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Stomatitis
- Suicide
- Vermifuge
*The information in this list is based on the ethnobotanical data in Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases.
Dr. Duke does not recommend using this information for self diagnosis or self medication. – See link
Dryobalanops aromatica in other websites
Dryobalanops aromatica common names, economics importance, distributional range and more in the USDA GRIN website – See link.
Search PubMed (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) for academic researches with the search term Dryobalanops aromatica – See link.
See if there is something in Youtube on the term Dryobalanops aromatica – See link.