Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
1,294 Pigeon Pea Whole Environmental Pigeon pea is useful in hedges and windbreaks on dry soils and in agroforestry. It is also grown as a shade crop, cover crop, or as support for vanilla. Pigeon pea improves the soil through its extensive root system, nitrogen fixation and the mulch provided by the fallen leaves. 8,426
1,295 Pigeon Pea Leaf Medicinal Diarrhoea, gonorrhoea, measles, burns, eye infections, earache, sore throat, sore gums, toothache, anaemia, intestinal worms, dizziness and epilepsy are treated with leaf preparations. 8,426
1,296 Pigeon Pea Root Medicinal Root preparations are taken to treat cough, stomach problems and syphilis. 8,426
1,297 Pigeon Pea Stem Medicinal Stem ash is applied on wounds. 8,426
1,298 Pigeon Pea Seed Medicinal Powdered seeds serve as a poultice on swellings. 8,426
1,299 Peria Pantai Leaf Industrial Leaves of C. asiatica have the ability to produce foam in water and thus, have long been used as a substitute for soap in the rural areas in some countries. 8,427
1,300 Peria Pantai Leaf Medicinal Leaves are used to alleviate inflammations and boils. In order to alleviate painful swellings, leaves are crushed and juice is rubbed on the affected body. 8,427
1,301 Peria Pantai Stem Medicinal Young stems are cut into pieces and boiled in water, which is drunk to alleviate stomach disorders. 8,427
1,302 Peria Pantai Seed Medicinal Medicinal oil is prepared from seeds along with other ingredients, which is used to treat rheumatism and numbness in adults and also in treating weak legs in children. 8,427
1,303 Pulasan Fruit Food The flesh of ripe fruits is eaten raw or made into jam. 8,428
1,304 Pulasan Seed Beverages Boiled or roasted seeds are used to prepare a cocoa-like beverage. 8,428
1,305 Pulasan Leaf Medicinal The leaves and roots are employed in poultices. 8,428
1,306 Pulasan Root Medicinal The root decoction is administered as a febrifuge and vermifuge. 8,428
1,307 Proso Millet Grain Food Seed - cooked as a whole grain or ground into a powder and used as a flour for making breads, pasta and fermented foods such as 'tempeh'. 8,429
1,308 Proso Millet Grain Medicinal The seed is cooling and demulcent. The cooked seed is applied as a poultice for abscesses, sores etc whilst juice from chewed seeds is applied to children's sores. 8,429
1,309 Proso Millet Root Medicinal A decoction of the root is used as an antidote to poisoning by Momordica spp, it is also used to treat haematuria in women and as a bath for skin eruptions. 8,429
1,310 Proso Millet Grain Industrial A starch from the seed is a substitute for corn starch (Zea mays). It is used for sizing textiles. 8,429
1,311 Proso Millet Leaf Fibre The leaves are a source of fibre used in paper making. 8,429
1,312 Pearl Millet Seed Food Decorticated and pounded into flour it is consumed as a stiff porridge (‘tô’) or gruel in Africa, or as flat unleavened bread (‘chapatti’) in India. In Africa there are various other preparations such as couscous, rice-like products, snacks of blends with pulses, and fermented and non-fermented beverages. 8,430
1,313 Pearl Millet Stem Industrial Split stems are used for basketry. 8,430