Embelia robusta (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Embelia robusta Roxb.

Protologue: Hort. bengal.: 16 (1814).

Synonyms

• Samara robusta (Roxb.) Kurz (1877).

Vernacular names

• Vietnam: rè dốm.

Distribution

From India eastward to Indo-China.

Uses

In India the fruits are widely used as an anthelmintic.

Observations

• A scandent shrub or liana.
• Leaves elliptical to obovate-elliptical, 4-9 cm × 2-5 cm, membranous, base rounded to cuneate, apex obtuse to shortly acuminate, initially pubescent below but soon glabrescent, petiole 4-7 mm long.
• Inflorescence axillary, capituliform, 2-3 cm long.
• Flowers 5-merous, anthers rotundate.

E. robusta generally occurs at higher elevations. It may well be grown at higher elevations in the Malesian region.

Selected sources

• 202.Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-H) pp. 1-1240. Vol. 2 (I- Z) pp. 1241-2444.
• 940.Mez, C., 1902. Myrsinaceae. In: Engler, A. (Editor): Das Pflanzenreich. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, Germany. Vol. 4, (fam.) 236 (Heft 9). 437 pp.
• 1140.Pitard, J., 1930. Myrsinacées [Myrsinaceae]. In: Gagnepain, F. (Editor): Flore générale de L'Indo Chine [General flora of Indo China]. Vol. 3(6). Masson & Cie, Paris, France. pp. 765-877.

Main genus page

• Embelia (Medicinal plants)

Authors

• L.S.L. Chua & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg