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DICTIONARY OF PLANTS
Used in Cambodia
IMPATIENS (Balsaminaceae)
Impatiens relaxata Hook. f.
Annual herb, 30-50 cm tall, of the undergrowth of the wet dense mountain forests of Cambodia, plentiful especially in the meadows of the Bokor mountain. The plant is used as insecticide, in particular to fight bedbugs.
ស្មៅសង្កើច
French
Herbe annuelle, haute de 30-50 cm, du sous-bois des forêts denses humides de montagne du Cambodge, abondante surtout dans les prairies du mont Bokor. La plante est utilisée comme insecticide, en particulier pour chasser les punaises.
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NK : (smau) sângkoëch (herbe punaise, allusion à l’usage) (ស្មៅ) សង្កើច
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