Elatostema sessile (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Elatostema sessile J.R. Forster & J.G. Forster
- Protologue: Charact. gen. pl. ed. 2: 106 (1776).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: sisek tenggiling, cheng man (Peninsular).
Distribution
Nepal, Bhutan, India, Burma (Myanmar), southern China, Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
In Peninsular Malaysia, pounded leaves are used as a poultice to treat severe abdominal disorders.
Observations
A small herb of c. 30 cm tall, with simple stem; leaves obliquely oblanceolate, 10-20 cm × 3.5 cm, long-acuminate, coarsely serrate; flowers arranged in sessile or shortly peduncled heads. E. sessile occurs on rocks in streams in hill forest, and is locally abundant.
Selected sources
121, 789.
Main genus page
Authors
Nanda Utami