Taxon:
Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 5:447. 1836
Verified:
02/25/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
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- Hu, S.-Y. 1970. Compositae of China. 225-226.
- Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
- Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
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Common names
English
buffalo-ear – ngai camphor – ngai camphorshrub – ngai camphortree – French
camphrier – German
Büffelohr – India
kakarondra – Indonesian
sembung – Transcribed Chinese
ai na xiang –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Sikkim | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | India | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Jawa | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Hainan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India [Sikkim, Assam, West Bengal], Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Jawa]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | from leaves | Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption |
Materials | gum/resin | like terpenoid source of ai or ngai camphor | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):158. 1999; Pl Res SEAs 19:68. 1999; Herbs Commerce ed2 | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |