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'. 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