Taxon:
Uncaria gambir (W. Hunter) Roxb.
Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. 2:126. 1824
Verified:
11/07/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
- http://www.skud.info
- Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Gabon. 1961- Note: introduced
- Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. Flora of Java. 1963-1968
- Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Uncaria+gambir&quantity=1
- Holttum, R. E. et al. A revised flora of Malaya. 1953-1971
- Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 Note: mentions
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
- Ridsdale, C. E. 1978. A revision of Mitragyna and Uncaria (Rubiaceae). Blumea 24:82. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
- Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
- Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
gambier – gambir – pale catechu – Swedish
gambir –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Kalimantan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Sumatra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra], Malaysia
Economic Uses
Food additives
Materials
tannin/dyestuff (fide Dict Econ Pl; Websters Dict) – Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –