Polyalthia bullata (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Polyalthia bullata King
- Protologue: Mat. fl. Malay Penins. 4: 313 (1893); Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. 4: 79, pl. 111 (1893).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: pokok peleh angin, tongkat ali (Peninsular)
- Thailand: lang kong (Trang).
Distribution
Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
The vernacular names in Malaysia suggest that P. bullata is used there to treat liver diseases and as a tonic.
Observations
A shrub up to 3 m tall, young twigs covered with golden hairs; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 28-37 cm × 3-12 cm, deeply cordate and auricled at base, papery or thinly leathery, bullate, petiole 3-5 mm long, stout; flowers solitary or 2-3 together opposite the leaves, petals linear, c. 2.5 cm long; monocarps subglobose, c. 1 cm in diameter, stalk c. 0.5 cm long, 2-seeded. P. bullata occurs in lowland forest.
Selected sources
121, 177, 860.
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Authors
R.H.M.J. Lemmens