Securinega virosa (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baillon
- Family: Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms
- Fluggea microcarpa Blume,
- Fluggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baillon.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: sigar jalak, trembilutan (Javanese), simpeureum (Sundanese)
- Philippines: botolan (Tagalog), tulita-ngalong (Bisaya), arusit (Ilokano)
- Thailand: kaang khaao (general), daeng nam (Lampang), ma taek (northern)
- Vietnam: bong nô'.
Distribution
Widespread in tropical Africa and Asia, from Pakistan to China and Japan; frequent in South-East Asia, in Malesia common in Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines and Java, but very scarce in Borneo and eastern Indonesia.
Uses
The bark is used as a tanning material and for dyeing matting black; also used as a fish poison. Fully ripe fruits are edible. The species is planted in hedges and as an ornamental. It is also used medicinally. The wood is used for stakes and sticks, and for charcoal.
Observations
A dioecious shrub up to 10 m tall, but usually much less, sometimes thorny. In many areas the species is common in forest and scrub, but also in open vegetation from sea-level to 1000(-1700) m altitude. The closely related Securinega melanthesoides (Muell. Arg.) Airy Shaw occurs in New Guinea and northern Australia.
Selected sources
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 31, 38.