Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
1,454 Dokong Bark Industrial The light-brown wood is tough and durable and used for house posts, tool handles, etc. 8,457
1,455 Holy Basil Extract (oil) Environmental The leaf extract is effective as a mosquito repellent and in checking the spread of the fungal pathogens Pyricularia oryzae and Rhizoctonia solani, which cause blast disease and sheath blight disease of rice, with antibacterial activity and deterrent effects against the larvae of root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita). 8,456
1,456 Dokong Fruit Medicinal The peel is also used against diarrhoea because it contains oleoresin. 8,457
1,457 Dokong Seed Medicinal Crushed seeds used by the indigenous people of Malaysia to cure fevers. 8,457
1,458 Dokong Bark Medicinal The astringent bark which is applied against dysentery and malaria; powdered bark is used in poultices against scorpion stings. 8,457
1,459 Long Purple Eggplant Fruit Food The fruit can be eaten fresh or after rehydration of dried slices. Most often the fruits are eaten grilled, fried or steamed, or stewed with other vegetables, meat or fish, or roasted, braised in ashes and seasoned with garlic, onion, spices, sugar, oil, soybean sauce etc. 8,458
1,460 Long Purple Eggplant Whole Medicinal Eggplant is also widely used for medicinal purposes. Various plant parts are used in decoction, as powder or ash for curing ailments such as diabetes, cholera, bronchitis, dysuria, dysentery, otitis, toothache, skin infections, asthenia and haemorrhoids. 8,458
1,461 Fig Plant Fruit Food The fig fruit is consumed fresh or dried. Both fresh female and male figs are processed as jam or candied. Fig paste is prepared by grinding dried fruits. 8,459
1,462 Fig Plant Fruit Feed (Forage/Fodder) Low quality cull figs are used as high-energy animal feed. 8,459
1,463 Fig Plant Leaf Feed (Forage/Fodder) Immediately after leaf fall, fig leaves can also be used to feed animals. 8,459
1,464 Fig Plant Leaf Medicinal Leaves have medicinal properties due to their bergaptene and psoralene content. 8,459
1,465 Fig Plant Fruit Industrial Fig fruits are known to have laxative properties. Latex, possessing the proteolytic enzyme ficin, is used as meat tenderizer. Fig latex has also been tested as an alternative to rubber. 8,459
1,466 Fig Plant Bark Industrial The wood of F. carica is used for light construction, industrial, and domestic woodware, as well as for making tool handles. 8,459
1,467 Wild Ginger Leaf Food The young leaves can be eaten raw, steamed, in curries or cooked with chilli paste and used as a side dish with rice. 8,463
1,468 Wild Ginger Rhizome Food The tender young rhizomes are aromatic, They can be eaten raw, steamed, in curries or cooked with chilli paste and used as a side dish with rice. The rhizomes can also be used as a condiment and, when dried, have been used as a substitute for turmeric in curry powder. 8,463
1,469 Wild Ginger Root Medicinal The root is used internally to treat colds, bronchial complaints, dyspepsia and other gastric complaints, and headaches. It is chewed to treat sore throats and coughs. It is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of high blood pressure and asthma. The roots are an ingredient of a post partum medicine. Externally, the root is applied as a poultice to wounds, swellings and ulcers, and is also used to treat dandruff and rheumatic joints. It is used as a gargle for sore throats. 8,463
1,470 Wild Ginger Leaf Medicinal The leaves are chewed to treat coughs and sore throat. 8,463
1,471 Wild Ginger Root Industrial The aromatic, powdered root is added to body powders and cosmetics. 8,463
1,472 Summer Savory Leaf Food Summer savory, either fresh or dried, is mainly used for flavouring. For the fresh product, all aerial plant parts are used, but for the dried herb, only leaves and flowering tips. The best class of commercial summer savory consists of dried leaves only. 8,464
1,473 Summer Savory Whole Industrial Summer savory contains an essential oil with a sharp and bitter flavour. At low concentrations only it is reminiscent of the herb itself. The oil is used in the food industry to flavour processed foods, and in the liqueur and perfume industries. 8,464