Etnobotany values among communities in Malaysia

Traditional use of pegaga among the Malays

-Leaves can be eaten raw.Whole plant is a vegetable need among the Malay community throughout Malaysia.List of favourite meals include:-

a)gulai lemak
b)ulam
c)kerabu
d)tonic drink


Traditional use of pegaga among the Indians

-Young leaves are eaten as vegetables either cooked or raw. The leaves can be boiled and consumed to prevent or cure urinary tract infection and stone.



Traditional use of pegaga among the Chinese

In Chinese folk medicine, a decoction of this herb is used for the treatment of colds, sunstroke, tonsilitis, pleurisy, urinary tract infections, infectious hepatitis, jaundice, and dysentery; as an antidote for arsenic poisoning, toxic mushroom and as an external poultice for snake bites, scabies, traumatic injuries, and herpes zoster.