Goniothalamus macrophyllus (PROSEA)
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Goniothalamus macrophyllus (Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson
- Protologue: Fl. ind. 1: 109 (1855) in nota.
Synonyms
- Unona macrophylla Blume (1825),
- Polyalthia macrophylla (Blume) Blume (1830),
- Goniothalamus macrophyllus (Blume) Miq. (1858).
Vernacular names
- Brunei: limpanas putih, linpanas puteh, talipanas puteh (Sengkurong)
- Malaysia: akar beranak gajah, penawar hitam, lada hutan
- Indonesia: ki cantung (Sundanese)
- Thailand: kaa-yoh braa-noh, king dok dieo, khruu dam (peninsular).
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
Uses
In Malaysia, a decoction of the roots is used externally for colds, and likewise a steam bath is used in fevers. Heated leaves may be poulticed on swellings. A decoction is drunk after childbirth. In Java, mountain dwellers use an infusion of the roots to treat typhoid fevers. In Brunei, a patient with fits is subjected to the smoke. The smoke can also be used to repel mosquitos, snakes and other wild animals.
Observations
- A shrub or tree up to 8 m tall; leaves oblong-lanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, 22-30(-50) cm × 6-11 cm, base sub-acute to rounded, apex acute, coriaceous, glabrous, petiole 1-3 cm long.
- Flowers solitary, axillary, pedicel 1-1.2 cm long with 2-3 bracts at base, sepals oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 1.5 cm long, purplish, outer petals oblong-lanceolate, 3.3 cm long, almost glabrous, greenish, inner petals rhomboid, 1.8 cm long, greenish, stamens numerous, carpels 12-18, elongate, 6 mm long, glabrous, ovule 1.
- Monocarp globose to ovoid, slightly apiculate, 1-2 cm × 1 cm, glabrous, sessile, red, 1-seeded.
G. macrophyllus is found in humid forest from 50-1500 m altitude.
Selected sources
- [135] 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.
- [407] Heyne, K., 1950. De nuttige planten van Indonesië [The useful plants of Indonesia]. 3rd Edition. 2 volumes. W. van Hoeve, 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands/Bandung, Indonesia. 1660 + CCXLI pp.
- [487] Jewers, K., Davis, J.B., Dougan, J., Manchanda, A.H., Blunden, G., Kyi, A. & Wetchapinan, S., 1972. Goniothalamin and its distribution in four Goniothalamus species. Phytochemistry 11(6): 2025—2030.
- [522] Kessler, P.J.A., 1993. Annonaceae. In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G. & Bittrich, V. (Editors): The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 2. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany. pp. 93—129.
- [786] 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.
- [916] Sinclair, J., 1955. A revision of the Malayan Annonaceae. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 14(2): 149—362.
- [970] Sulaiman, B., Jaafar, A. & Mansor, M., 1990. Some medicinal plants from Sungai Kinchin, Pahang, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 43(4): 267.
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Authors
- Khozirah Shaari