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ID 512
Crop ID Thingam
Part Wood
Use Category Oil (Fuel)
Notes The wood is an excellent fuel.
Metadata ID 7,833
ID 513
Crop ID White Dammar
Part Bark
Use Category Medicinal
Notes It is a multipurpose plant which has economic and medicinal importance. (1... more
It is a multipurpose plant which has economic and medicinal importance. (1) Resin from V. indica is known as white ‘dammar’. Used for chronic bronchitis, piles, skin eruptions, ringworm, scrofula, tubercular glands, ulcers, wounds, boils; urinary discharges; amenorrhoea; gonorrhoea and syphilis.
Metadata ID 7,834
ID 514
Crop ID White Dammar
Part Bark
Use Category Industrial
Notes Resin from V. indica is known as white ‘dammar’. Apart from medicinal uses,... more
Resin from V. indica is known as white ‘dammar’. Apart from medicinal uses, it has long been used as incense, and for making varnishes. It is obtained by cutting notches in the tree when it exudes and gradually hardens.
Metadata ID 7,834
ID 515
Crop ID Engkabang Jantong
Part Wood
Use Category Industrial
Notes The timber is used as a light red meranti. Being one of the lightest in thi... more
The timber is used as a light red meranti. Being one of the lightest in this trade group it is sometimes regarded as a white meranti or traded separately as "kawang jantong". S. macrophylla is one of the most important sources of illipe nuts.
Metadata ID 7,842
ID 516
Crop ID Sundew
Part Whole
Use Category Medicinal
Notes Used as an antibiotic to combat bacteria infections: Streptococcus, Staphyl... more
Used as an antibiotic to combat bacteria infections: Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Pneumococcus. It is also effective in respiratory relief of afflictions such as bronchitis, whooping cough, and asthma. There has been some discussion as to its effectiveness in treatment of warts and corns.
Metadata ID 7,844
ID 517
Crop ID African Ebony
Part Wood
Use Category Industrial
Notes The wood is used for posts in house construction, flooring, joinery, furnit... more
The wood is used for posts in house construction, flooring, joinery, furniture, ship building, vehicle bodies, musical instruments such as drums, household utensils such as cups, spoons, pestles and mortars, tool handles, walking sticks, combs, agricultural implements such as ploughs, boxes, carvings and turnery. The wood is also used as firewood, and is valued for charcoal production.
Metadata ID 7,847
ID 518
Crop ID African Ebony
Part Fruit
Use Category Food
Notes The fruit is sweet but acidulous with a slight lemon-like taste. It is ofte... more
The fruit is sweet but acidulous with a slight lemon-like taste. It is often eaten raw when fully ripe, particularly by children, but sometimes also dried and kept for later use when food is scarce at the end of the dry season. They can be ground into a flour, which is sometimes an ingredient of porridge.
Metadata ID 7,847
ID 519
Crop ID African Ebony
Part Fruit
Use Category Beverages
Notes The fruits are also used in the production of fruit juice and alcoholic dri... more
The fruits are also used in the production of fruit juice and alcoholic drinks.
Metadata ID 7,847
ID 520
Crop ID African Ebony
Part Leaf
Use Category Food
Notes The leaves are occasionally eaten as vegetable, and the foliage is browsed ... more
The leaves are occasionally eaten as vegetable, and the foliage is browsed by livestock.
Metadata ID 7,847
ID 521
Crop ID African Ebony
Part Leaf
Use Category Feed (Forage/Fodder)
Notes The leaves are occasionally eaten as vegetable, and the foliage is browsed ... more
The leaves are occasionally eaten as vegetable, and the foliage is browsed by livestock.
Metadata ID 7,847
ID 523
Crop ID African Ebony
Part Bark
Use Category Industrial
Notes The gum from the bark is used to mend broken pottery, and fruit pulp to gla... more
The gum from the bark is used to mend broken pottery, and fruit pulp to glaze and varnish pottery.
Metadata ID 7,847
ID 524
Crop ID African Ebony
Part Whole
Use Category Ornamental
Notes Diospyros mespiliformis is planted for re-afforestation, as ornamental shad... more
Diospyros mespiliformis is planted for re-afforestation, as ornamental shade tree and as windbreak.
Metadata ID 7,847
ID 525
Crop ID African Ebony
Part Whole
Use Category Medicinal
Notes Various parts of the tree are used in traditional medicine.
Metadata ID 7,847
ID 526
Crop ID Black Sapote
Part Fruit
Use Category Food
Notes The fruits are eaten when fully ripe and soft. The pulp, which is contained... more
The fruits are eaten when fully ripe and soft. The pulp, which is contained within a thin skin, is soft, sweet, smooth, and pale brown in colour.
Metadata ID 7,874
ID 527
Crop ID Black Sapote
Part Wood
Use Category Industrial
Notes The wood is yellowish to deep-yellow with black markings near the heart of ... more
The wood is yellowish to deep-yellow with black markings near the heart of old trunks; it is compact and suitable for cabinetwork, but is little used.
Metadata ID 7,874
ID 528
Crop ID Black Sapote
Part Bark
Use Category Medicinal
Notes Various preparations of bark and leaves have been used medicinally against ... more
Various preparations of bark and leaves have been used medicinally against fever and skin disease.
Metadata ID 7,874
ID 529
Crop ID Malabar Ebony
Part Wood
Use Category Industrial
Notes Wood occasionally used for timber.
Metadata ID 7,889
ID 530
Crop ID Malabar Ebony
Part Fruit
Use Category Food
Notes Ripe fruit eaten raw, and are reportedly tasty or astringent.
Metadata ID 7,889
ID 531
Crop ID Malabar Ebony
Part Bark
Use Category Medicinal
Notes Bark and seeds used in medicine, for treating ulcers and wounds, and as a g... more
Bark and seeds used in medicine, for treating ulcers and wounds, and as a gargle for sore throats.
Metadata ID 7,889
ID 532
Crop ID Tendu
Part Wood
Use Category Industrial
Notes Heartwood used as ebony, black, often streaked with purple or brown bands; ... more
Heartwood used as ebony, black, often streaked with purple or brown bands; sapwood a good timber; wood a good fuelwood
Metadata ID 7,891

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