Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
654 Chiku Bark Industrial The trees are a source of a milky latex called balata or chicle. This inelastic polymer can be coagulated when it becomes hard and brittle until chewed. It has long been used as the base for chewing gum. The gum is also used in transmission belts, dental surgery, and as a substitute for gutta-percha, a coagulum of the latex of Palaquium spp. 8,258
655 Chiku Leaf Food The very young leaves and shoots can be eaten raw or cooked. Some caution is advised since older leaves contain poisonous alkaloids. 8,258
656 Chiku Leaf Medicinal A leaf decoction is taken for fever, haemorrhage, wounds and ulcers. For neuralgia, leaf with tallow is applied as a compress on the temples. 8,258
657 Chiku Bark Medicinal Tannin from the bark is used to cure diarrhoea and fever. 8,258
658 Chiku Fruit Medicinal The fruit is eaten as a remedy for indigestion and diarrhoea. 8,258
659 Chiku Seed Medicinal Seeds are antipyretic, and when ground with water they act as a diuretic. They are used to expel urinary and gall bladder stones. 8,258
660 Chiku Root Medicinal The pulverized roots are used to treat thrush in babies. 8,258
661 Chiku Bark Industrial Tannin from the bark is used to tan ship sails and fishing tackle. 8,258
662 Gamhar Tree Wood Industrial The wood is suitable for general utility purposes, especially light construction and structural work, general carpentry, packaging, carvings, utility furniture and decorative veneers, with excellent woodworking properties. Additionally, the wood has been used in light flooring, for musical instruments, matches, particle board, as a mine timber, in vehicle bodies and ships. The wood is often used as firewood and for charcoal. 8,261
663 Gamhar Tree Whole Ornamental Gmelina is planted as an ornamental, avenue and shade tree in urban and peri-urban areas. 8,261
664 Gamhar Tree Root Medicinal The roots are considered to have tonic, stomachic and laxative properties, and the flowers have been used to treat leprosy and blood diseases. 8,261
665 Gamhar Tree Fruit Food The fruit is edible. 8,261
666 Gamhar Tree Leaf Feed (Forage/Fodder) The leaves are widely used as cattle fodder, and in silkworm culture. 8,261
667 Gamhar Tree Wood Industrial The wood ash and fruit yield very persistent yellow dyes. 8,261
668 Garden Thyme Extract (oil) Medicinal The medicinal variety is known as common Thyme or garden Thyme, the same variety that is most often used for seasoning. Medicinal preparations of common Thyme are made from the leaves and the flowers. The genus Thymus are important medicinal plants, highly recommended due to a variety of therapeutic properties of their essential oils, normally known as Thyme oil. Thymus species are considered as medicinal plants due to their pharmacological and biological properties. Thymus vulgaris L. is widely used in folk medicine in the treatments of variety of diseases such as gastroenteric and bronchopulmonary disorders. The essential oil of thyme and the compound thymol have antimicrobial activity in vitro against E. coli strains. The essential oil of thyme has been found to possess the strongest antimicrobial properties. 8,262
669 Garden Thyme Leaf Food The medicinal variety is known as common Thyme or garden Thyme, the same variety that is most often used for seasoning. Medicinal preparations of common Thyme are made from the leaves and the flowers. 8,262
670 Garden Thyme Whole Ornamental Common or garden Thyme is considered the principal type, and is utilized commercially for flowering and ornamental purposes. 8,262
671 French Bean (Common Bean) Pod Food The green pods are commonly used as a vegetable, they have a mild flavour and should only be cooked for a short time. 8,263
672 French Bean (Common Bean) Seed Food The immature seeds are boiled or steamed and used as a vegetable. The mature seeds are dried and stored for future use.They can be boiled, baked, pureed, ground into a powder or fermented into 'tempeh' etc. The powdered seed makes a protein-enriching additive to flour, it can also be used in soups. 8,263
673 French Bean (Common Bean) Leaf Food Young leaves - raw or cooked as a potherb. The very young leaves are sometimes eaten as a salad, the older leaves are cooked. 8,263