Uncaria gambir

Uncaria gambir

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Uncaria
Species:	U. gambir
Binomial name
*Uncaria gambir* (W.Hunter) Roxb., 1824
Synonyms^[1]
Nauclea gambir Hunter Ourouparia gambir (Hunter) Baill. Uruparia gambir (Hunter) Kuntze

Uncaria gambir, the gambier or gambir, is a species in the genus Uncaria found in Southeast Asia, mainly Malaysia and Indonesia.

Extract

Gambier extract is used or has been used as a catechu for chewing with areca and betel, for tanning and dyeing, and as herbal medicine.

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Taxon identifiers	EoL: 1095966 GBIF: 5338190 Plant List: kew-209796 ITIS: 506057 IPNI: 60458896-2 GRIN: 40865 PLANTS: UNGA AFPD: 89407

Sources of tannins

Other sources by organ

Barks	General : Tanbark Acacias (most notably Acacia pycnantha and Acacia decurrens) Alder Alnus sp Avaram Senna auriculata Babul Acacia nilotica Birch Betula sp Button mangrove Conocarpus erectus Hemlock Tsuga sp Larch Larix sp Mangrove Pine Pinus sp Spruce Picea sp Urunday Myracrodruon urundeuva Willow Salix caprea

Leaves	Badan Bergenia crassifolia Gambier Uncaria gambir Redoul Coriaria myrtifolia

Roots	Canaigre Rumex hymenosepalus Garouille Quercus coccifera Sea lavender Limonium sp

Woods	Cutch Senegalia catechu

Fruit	Divi-divi pod Caesalpinia coriaria Sant pod Acacia nilotica Teri pod Caesalpinia digyna

Galls	Gall oak Quercus lusitanica Quercus infectoria

Whole plant	Prosopis sp. bark and wood Prosopis humilis Prosopis nigra Tanoak Notholithocarpus Tizra heartwood and root Rhus pentaphylla

Undetermined organ	Anadenanthera colubrina (vilca)

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