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DICTIONARY OF PLANTS
Used in Cambodia
CLASSIFICATION
TEXTILE AND DYEING PLANTS
B1. Textile plants
Scientific Names / Noms des espèces | Khmer names (Romanized) / Noms khmers transcrits | Part Used / Partie utilisée |
|---|---|---|
Abutilon indicum | thbal’ koën | stem (Tige) |
Agave americana | nül pisèi | stem, leaf (Tige, feuille) |
Agave sisalana | kântuy dâmrèi | leaf (Feuille) |
Arenga pinnata | chuëk, dôông préi | stem (Tige) |
Bauhinia bracteata | chundaë sva: | bark (Ecorce) |
Butea monosperma | cha:r | bark (Ecorce) |
Calophyllum dryobalanoides | khti:ng | bark (Ecorce) |
Ceiba pentandra | kôôr | Fruit |
Corchorus capsularis | krâchau | stem, leaf (Tige, feuille) |
Cyperus cyperoides | kâk’ | leaf (Feuille) |
Dracaena cambodiana | ângraè daèk | stem, leaf (Tige, feuille) |
Entada pursaetha | voër angkunh’ | bark (Ecorce) |
Glycine max | sânndaèk sië:ng | caffeine of fruit (Caféine du Fruit) |
Gossypium hirsutum | kabbahs phnô:ng | bark (Ecorce) |
Helicteres hirsuta | priël chruk | bark (Ecorce) |
Juncus effusus | kâk’ krâchau | stem (Tige) |
Junellus serotinus | kâk’bâbaôhs | stem (Tige) |
Korthalsia lacinosa | phdau saôm | leaf, bark (Feuille, écorce) |
Limnocharis flava | trâkiët paông | bark (Ecorce) |
Microcos tomentosa | Pôphlië | bark (Ecorce) |
Mussaenda frondosa | thméi préi | bark (Ecorce) |
Pandanus tectorius | rumchék | leaf (Feuille) |
Pentace paludosa | trâsiët tük | bark (Ecorce) |
Sanseviera hyacinthoides | lumpaèng preah riëm | leaf (Feuille) |
Schumannianthus dichotomus | run’ | stem (Tige) |
Sida cordifolia | krâpoët chru:k | bark (Ecorce) |
Ternstroemia penangiana | phlô’ng | bark (Ecorce) |
Urena lobata | ach chru:k | bark (Ecorce) |
B2. Dyeing plants (tinctorial plants)
Scientific Names / Noms des espèces | Khmer names (Romanized) / Noms khmers transcrits | Part Used / Partie utilisée |
|---|---|---|
Acacia concinna | ba:y dâmnaëb | bark (Ecorce) |
Acacia megaladena var. indochinensis | sâ-âm’ | bark (Ecorce) |
Acronychia pedunculata | saèda préi, srâ-ngâl | bark (Ecorce) |
Anacardium occidentale | sva:y chanti: | bark (Ecorce) |
Artocarpus rigidus | khmaô(r) préi | bark (Ecorce) |
Baccaurea ramiflora | phni:ëw | bark (Ecorce) |
Basella rubra | chunluëng | seed (Graine) |
Bixa orellana | chumpu: chrôluëk | seed (Graine) |
Bridelia ovata | doëm thmé:nh trèi | bark (Ecorce) |
Bruiguiera gymnorhiza | prâsak’ nhi: | bark (Ecorce) |
Butea superba | voër cha:(r) | sap trunk (Suc du tronc) |
Caesalpinia sappan | sbaèng | bark (Ecorce) |
Carthamus tinctorius | smau chumpu: | flower (Fleur) |
Cassia fistula | riëchhpühs | bark (Ecorce) |
Cassia tora | dâmghët chhniëng, dânghët khmaôch | bark (Ecorce) |
Cassytha filiformis | voër miëhs | stem (Tige) |
Ceriops decandra | smaè | bark (Ecorce) |
Ceriops tagal | smaè thôm | bark (Ecorce) |
Curcuma domestica | rômiët | Rhizome |
Dialium cochinchinense | krâllanh’ | bark (Ecorce) |
Diospyros malabarica | mak’ khluë | leaf (Feuille), fruit |
Eclipta prostrata | khmanh’ | leaf (Feuille) |
Erythrina variegata | rôluëhs ba:y | leaf, flower (Feuille, fleur) |
Garcinia cambodgiensis | pro:hu:t phnôm | bark (Ecorce) |
Garcinia delpyana | tro: mê:ng | bark (Ecorce) |
Gomphia serrate | angkië chhmôôl | stem (Tige) |
Indigofera tinctoria | trôm | leaf (Feuille), fruit |
Maclura cochinchinensis | nhô khla:y | wood (Bois) |
Mallotus philippinensis | ‘ennada: | Fruit |
Mangifera indica | sva:y | bark (Ecorce) |
Marsdenia tinctoria | voër khmanh’ | stem (Tige) |
Oldenlandia umbellata | smau chrôluek’ | root (Racine) |
Oroxylum indicum | pika:, sraôm daw | root, bark (Racine, écorce) |
Pandanus amaryllifolius | taëy | leaf (Feuille) |
Peltophorum pterocarpum | trâsék tram’ kâng’ | bark (Ecorce) |
Phyllanthus emblica | kântuët | leaf, bark (Feuille, écorce), fruit |
Pterocarpus indicus | thnuëng | root (Résine) |
Pterocymbium tinctorium | chan thumpéang | bark (Ecorce) |
Sapium sebiferum | krâmuon châmbâk’ | stem, leaf (Tige, feuille) |
Sindora siamensis var. siamensis | kâkâhs | bark (Ecorce) |
Strychnos axillaris | voër yiëv | root (Racine) |
Symplocos racemosa | luët si phlaè | bark (Ecorce) |
Syzygium tinctorium | pring thmâ:, pring thôm | bark (Ecorce) |
Syzygium zeylanicum | smach’ daôm | wood (Bois) |
Teramnus labialis | voër rômiët | root (Racine) |
Terminalia chebula | srâmâ: | bark (Ecorce) |
Terminalia corticosa | puëntoléi | bark (Ecorce) |
Ventilago madraspatana | voër thlaèn | bark (Ecorce) |
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