Kaburo

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

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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'

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

Malay

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References

1. Ethnobotany of the Iban & Kelabit by Hanne Christensen