Macaranga denticulata (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction

List of species

Macaranga denticulata (Blume) Müll. Arg.

Protologue: DC., Prodr. 15(2): 1000 (1866).

Vernacular names

Mildew mahang (En)
Malaysia: balik angin, mesepat (Peninsular)
Laos: tong khôp, tong khôp 'hou sang², tong 'khao²'san
Burma (Myanmar): nwong-kye, pet-waing
Thailand: po khee haet, tong taep (northern), salo kliang (peninsular).
Vietnam: ba soi.

Distribution

Eastern India, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.

Uses

In Peninsular Malaysia, a decoction of the plant has been applied to wounds and administered after childbirth. In China, a decoction of the wood is used to dispel tumours and to treat paralysis; it is also considered depurative and believed to prevent puerperal disorders.

Observations

A small to medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall.
Leaves triangular-ovate, up to 13 cm × 10 cm, peltate, not lobed, with matted, felt-like indumentum below, hoary.
Male flowers in slender spikes or panicles, with 9-14 stamens, female flowers with 2-celled ovary and short, divergent-recurved stigmas.
Fruit small, double-globose, smooth.

M. denticulata usually occurs in secondary forest, sometimes also in primary forest, up to 1100 m altitude.

Selected sources

19, 22, 62, 121, 731, 883, 990. medicinals

Main genus page

Macaranga

Authors

S. Aggarwal