Rubiaceae
Gambier
Uncaria gambir
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Uncaria
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- الكاد, فوفل هندي, قاطر هندي
- arz
- جامبير
- Chinese
- 甘蜜, 阿仙藥, 云南钩藤, 雲南鉤藤, 四棱通
- English
- Gambier, Gambir
- German
- Gambir
- Igbo
- Gambier
- Indonesian
- Gambir
- Japanese
- ガンビールノキ, アセンヤク, ガンビール, ガンビール阿仙薬, 阿仙薬
- Javanese
- Gambir
- mad
- Ghâmbhir
- Malay
- Gambir Sarawak
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gambirlian
- Polish
- Czepota gambir
- Russian
- Гамбир
- Swedish
- Gambir
- Thai
- กะเมีย, สีเสียดเทศ, สีเสียดแขก
Synonyms
- Cinchona kattukambar J.Koenig ex D.M.Retz.
- Nauclea gambir W.Hunter
- Ourouparia gambir (W.Hunter) Baill.
- Uncaria gambir var. angulata Wawra
- Uncaria gambir var. latifolia S.Moore
- Uncaria yunnanensis K.C.Hsia
- Uruparia gambier (W.Hunter) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Matja at ms.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Gambier: 兒茶鈎藤 Uncaria gambir [檳城植物園 Penang Botanic Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/%E5%85%92%E8%8C%B6%E9%88%8E%E8%97%A4_Uncaria_gambir_-%E6%AA%B3%E5%9F%8E%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Penang_Botanic_Garden-_%289268500012%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%85%92%E8%8C%B6%E9%88%8E%E8%97%A4_Uncaria_gambir_-%E6%AA%B3%E5%9F%8E%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Penang_Botanic_Garden-_%289268500012%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andri Kesenja 01, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Si Gam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.