Aristolochia sericea (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Aristolochia sericea Blanco
- Protologue: Fl. Filip.: 283 (1837).
Synonyms
- Aristolochia imbricata Masters (1875),
- Aristolochia membranacea Merr. (1919).
Vernacular names
- Philippines: bangisi, pangisi (Iloko).
Distribution
The Philippines (Luzon).
Uses
Roots are chewed to treat gastralgia, and, macerated in spirituous liquor, the drug is administered as a uterine tonic after childbirth; it is a violent abortive. The entire fresh plant is used as carminative, emmenagogue and febrifuge.
Observations
- An erect shrubby plant up to about 0.5 m tall, with terete stems about 3 mm in diameter, initially densely pubescent.
- Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 7-15 cm × 2-5 cm, usually shallowly cordate at base, sparsely hairy beneath, with 2 pairs of basal veins and about 5 pairs of faint secondary veins.
- Flowers in a few-flowered and short inflorescence, perianth 1-lipped, with rather distinct reticulation.
- Fruit subglobose, about 1 cm in diameter, initially densely hairy; seeds not winged.
A. sericea occurs in dry thickets up to 350 m altitude.
Selected sources
- Brown, W.H., 1951-1957. Useful plants of the Philippines. Reprint of the 1941-1943 edition. 3 volumes. Technical Bulletin 10. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Bureau of Printing, Manila, the Philippines. Vol. 1 (1951) 590 pp., Vol. 2 (1954) 513 pp., Vol. 3 (1957) 507 pp.
- Ding Hou, 1984. Aristolochiaceae. In: van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & de Wilde, W.J.J.O. (General editors): Flora Malesiana. Series 1, Vol. 10. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands. pp. 53- 108.
- Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.
- Quisumbing, E., 1978. Medicinal plants of the Philippines. Katha Publishing Co., Quezon City, the Philippines. 1262 pp.
Main genus page
- Aristolochia (Medicinal plants)
Authors
- R. Kiew