Kalang

Buaq kalang
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Lawa kalang
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Common Names

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Encyclopedic Information

Scientific Name

Kalang bubpu - myrmecotia tuberosa ^{Ref 1}

Kalang butuh - piptospatha elongata; piptospatha grabowskii ^{Ref 1}

Notes

1. Kalang bubpu - medicinal, to cure malaria, diarrhoea and bloody diarrhoea ¹
2. Kalang butuh - the young shoots may be cooked and eaten as a vegetable (this is only confirmed by a few people) ¹

References

1. Ethnobotany of the Iban & the Kelabit by Hanne Christensen