Macaranga griffithiana (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Macaranga griffithiana Müll. Arg.
- Protologue: DC., Prodr. 15(2): 993 (1866).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: mahang bulan, mahang tutup (Peninsular)
- Thailand: dok mai hu chang (south-eastern), ma hang (peninsular).
Distribution
Laos, southern Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra.
Uses
In Peninsular Malaysia, a decoction of the roots is drunk to treat fever.
Observations
A small tree up to 15(-20) m tall; leaves ovate, often slightly rhombic in outline, 10-25(-28) cm × (8-)10-23 cm, shortly and broadly 3-lobed, glabrous but veins with scattered, spreading, white whiskers, deeply peltate, stipules up to 6 mm long, usually caducous; male flowers in sparsely branched panicles up to 25 cm long, with 2-3 stamens, female flowers with 4(-5)-celled ovary; fruit smooth, with a conspicuous glandular patch on each cell. M. griffithiana is locally very common, often in open, often seasonally swampy locations, and in secondary forest, rarely in primary forest.
Selected sources
121, 194.
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Authors
S. Aggarwal