Sphenodesme pentandra (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
- Protologue: Malayan Misc. 1(1): 19 (1820).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: akar subang, akar lintang ruas, akar tanak rimau (Peninsular)
- Thailand: khaa pia (Chiang Mai), yaan duuk (Pattani), nuai sut (Nakhon Si Thammarat)
- Vietnam: bội tinh ngũ hùng.
Distribution
India, Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo.
Uses
In Peninsular Malaysia a decoction of the roots is used to treat rheumatism.
Observations
A climbing shrub or liana up to 10 m long; leaves elliptical-oblong to lanceolate, 5-18 cm × 2.5-9 cm, glabrous to slightly pubescent, petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long; inflorescence 5-7-flowered, bracts up to 3 cm long; flowers with pale bluish to purplish corolla; fruit globose, c. 4 mm in diameter. S. pentandra is locally common in edges of lowland forest.
Selected sources
121, 789, 1013.
Main genus page
Authors
R.H.M.J. Lemmens