Macaranga triloba (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Macaranga triloba (Blume) Müll. Arg.
- Protologue: DC., Prodr. 15(2): 989 (1866).
Synonyms
- Macaranga bancana (Miq.) Müll. Arg.,
- Macaranga cornuta Müll. Arg.
Vernacular names
- Common mahang (En)
- Brunei: marakubong, sedaman
- Indonesia: mahang kukur, mahang abu (Sumatra), mara bodas (Sundanese), tutup ancur (Javanese)
- Malaysia: landas bukit, mahang merah, mahang tekukur (Peninsular)
- Philippines: bula-bula (Tagbanua)
- Singapore: pahang merah
- Laos: tong khôp 'hou sang2
- Thailand: low khao, lo ngaam (peninsular), salapang (south-eastern).
Distribution
Southern Burma (Myanmar), peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines.
Uses
In Java and Sumatra, a decoction of bark, leaves and fruits is used internally to treat stomach-ache. The wood is used as firewood.
Observations
- A small to medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall, stems solid.
- Leaves 3(-5)-lobed, 15-35 cm × 12-24(-30) cm, lobes broadly ovate, glandular-dentate, densely hairy but later glabrescent above, deeply peltate, stipules up to 15 mm long, spreading, persistent.
- Male flowers in slender, lax, branched panicles up to 22 cm long, with 1 stamen, female flowers with 4-5-celled ovary, styles connate into an ovoid, hollow body.
- Fruit up to 8 mm long, with 4-5 hornlike processes.
M. triloba occurs in a wide range of habitats, including dryland dipterocarp forest and edges of swampy forest, up to 1400 m altitude; it is locally very common, e.g. in Java.
Selected sources
62, 194, 295, 296, 334, 731, 883. medicinals
Main genus page
Authors
- S. Aggarwal
- S.C. Lim