Difference between revisions of "Kaburo"

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#[[Wikipedia:Sweet flag]]
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Revision as of 10:44, 9 August 2007

Inan kaburo mulun
'Kaburo' in it's natural habitat
Uat kaburo
'Kaburo' rhizome
Busak kaburo
'Kaburo' flower
Kaburo pering
Dried 'kaburo'

Pronounciation

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Alternative spellings

  • Keburo

Translations

Part of speech
noun
English
Sweet flag
Malay
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Derived Terms

  1. n/a

Encyclopedic info

Scientific name
Acorus calamus
Kelabit
- 'Kaburo' inah adhah sibu
- Uat nuk pangah pidang tuen nutuk, ngelamud ruyung abpa'. Abpa' dih rupen, koh tabat etap selangui, mey lemaii
- Baney 'kaburo' pakai meta'ut ada'. Da'at ada' ngan buen dih.
- inan 'aserone' dingih
English
- 'Kaburo' is cultivated (1)
- The dried rhizome is pounded, mixed with water and drunk as an antidote to snake bites, and as a cure for diarrhoea.(1)
- Wearing a necklace of dried 'kaburo' is believed to scare away malevolent spirits because of the smell. (1)
- Contains asarone(2)
Malay
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References

  1. Ethnobotany of the Iban & Kelabit by Hanne Christensen
  2. Wikipedia:Sweet Flag