Pimpinella pruatjan (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Pimpinella pruatjan Molkenb.
- Family: Umbelliferae
Synonyms
- Pimpinella alpina Koord.-Schum., non Host.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: purwaceng (Javanese), antanan gunung (Sundanese)
Distribution
Indonesia (Java, from Mount Pangrango in West Java to Mount Argapura in East Java).
Uses
In traditional Javanese medicine the aromatic roots are primarily used as an aphrodisiac, but they are also esteemed for their general restorative properties.
Observations
- Perennial, aromatic herb up to 50 cm tall, with a thick root of 15 cm length and numerous ascending flowering stems bearing only poorly developed leaves. Stem terete, striate, usually ascending, sometimes spreading, puberulous when young, glabrous later.
- Leaves mostly in radical rosettes, sheathing; sheath 3 cm long; petiole up to 10 cm long; blade imparipinnate with (1-)5(-11) leaflets; leaflet subsessile, cordate-orbicular, 1-2.5 cm long, crenate-dentate; upper leaves smaller, with shorter petioles and less densely incised leaflets.
- Inflorescence a terminal or leaf-opposed umbel; peduncle 1-7 cm long; involucre 3-many-foliolate; primary rays 4-9, 7-25 mm long, hairy; secondary rays 4-8 per umbellule, 1-4 mm long; involucel 4-many-foliolate.
- Petals about 1 mm long and wide, white, tips inflexed.
- Fruit a schizocarp; mericarp about 2 mm × 1 mm, warty-scaly.
P. pruatjan is found in sunny or slightly shaded locations, in grasslands, in Casuarina forests, along pathways and stream banks, sometimes on steep slopes at 1800-3300 m altitude. It is considered an endangered species in Indonesia, where it is conserved ex situ through in vitro culture.
Selected sources
- Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C., 1963-1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Wolters‑Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. Vol. 1 (1963), 647 pp., Vol. 2 (1965), 641 pp., Vol. 3 (1968), 761 pp.
- Flora Malesiana (various editors), 1950- . Series 1. Vol. 1, 4- . Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
- Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd edition, 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp. (3rd edition, 1950. van Hoeve, 's‑Gravenhage/Bandung, the Netherlands/Indonesia. 1660 pp.).
- Wahid, P., 1993. Medicinal and aromatic plants in Indonesia. In: Chomchalow, N. & Henle, H.V. (Editors): Medicinal and aromatic plants in Asia. Breeding and improvement. Science Publishers, Lebanon, United States. pp. 131-137.
Authors
P.C.M. Jansen