Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction

Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roemer & Schultes) A. DC.

Protologue: Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 131 (1834).

Synonyms

From India and Sri Lanka eastward to Indo-China and Peninsular Malaysia.

The dried fruits are used as a taeniafuge, antispasmodic and carminative. The bark of the root is reportedly used to treat toothache.

A small shrub 1-2 m tall.
Leaves elliptical to obovate-elliptical, 6-9 cm × 3.5-5 cm, membranous, base rounded to shortly cuneate, apex shortly acuminate, petiole 8-12 mm long.
Inflorescence an axillary, cylindrical raceme, 3-6 cm long.
Flowers 5-merous, anthers acuminate or mucronate.

E. tsjeriam-cottam generally occurs at lower elevations. In Indo-China it flowers in June-August.

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