Rinorea anguifera (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Rinorea anguifera (Lour.) O. Kuntze
- Protologue: Revis. gen. pl. 1: 42 (1891).
Synonyms
Alsodeia echinocarpa Korth. (1848), Alsodeia capillata King (1889), Alsodeia comosa King (1889).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: rambutan pacat (Sumatra)
- Malaysia: janggut baung, medang gambot, rengkok (Peninsular)
- Thailand: kriap (Nakhon Si Thammarat), ngoh paa (Chiang Mai, Narathiwat, Trat), leng (peninsular)
- Vietnam: kê nao.
Distribution
Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Uses
In Peninsular Malaysia an infusion of the roots is given as a protective draught after childbirth. The seeds are reportedly purgative. In Sumatra ground young leaves are rubbed on the stomach as a post-partum medication, and a root decoction is drunk to treat diarrhoea.
Observations
A shrub to small tree up to 10 m tall; leaves (8-)14-28(-37) cm × (3-)4-8(-10.5) cm; inflorescence usually a fascicle; flowers with petals 5-7 mm long, white to sometimes yellow, anthers with small appendage; fruit 1.5-3.5 cm in diameter, valves with many moss-like appendages, greenish. R. anguifera occurs in humid localities in primary rain forest, sometimes in heath forest or secondary forest, up to 600 m altitude. It is locally common.
Selected sources
121, 247, 295, 296, 990.
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Authors
Rini Sasanti Handayani