Schefflera oxyphylla (PROSEA): Difference between revisions

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction

List of species

Schefflera oxyphylla (Miq.) R. Vig.

Protologue: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IX, 9: 355 (1909).

Synonyms

Schefflera subracemosa R. Vig. (1909),
Schefflera subulata (Miq.) R. Vig. (1909),
Schefflera klossii Ridley (1920).

Vernacular names

Malaysia: akar pesat bedak, akar sepakan, akar sesudu (Peninsular).

Distribution

Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

Uses

A decoction of the roots has been given as a sedative to calm frightened children and has been used externally against fevers.

Observations

An epiphytic or terrestrial creeper or climber.
Leaves 3-5-foliolate, leaflets usually with 1-2 steeply ascending basal lateral veins.
Inflorescence branches spike-like, few-branched.
Flowers in very short-stalked umbellules.

S. oxyphylla is a variable, common species occurring in lowland and hill forest, occasionally in submontane rain forest, sometimes on limestone, up to 1200 m altitude.

Selected sources

[202] Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-H) pp. 1-1240. Vol. 2 (I-Z) pp. 1241-2444.
[1126] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.
[1564] Whitmore, T.C. & Ng, F.S.P. (Editors), 1972-1989. Tree flora of Malaya. A manual for foresters. 2nd Edition. 4 volumes. Malayan Forest Records No 26. Longman Malaysia Sdn. Berhad, Kuala Lumpur & Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Main genus page

Schefflera (Medicinal plants)

Authors

Nguyen Tap & M.S.M. Sosef

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 <big>''[[Schefflera oxyphylla]]'' (Miq.) R. Vig.</big>
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 :Protologue: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IX, 9: 355 (1909).
 == Synonyms ==
-''Schefflera subracemosa'' R. Vig. (1909), ''Schefflera subulata'' (Miq.) R. Vig. (1909), ''Schefflera klossii'' Ridley (1920).
+*''Schefflera subracemosa'' R. Vig. (1909),
+*''Schefflera subulata'' (Miq.) R. Vig. (1909),
+*''Schefflera klossii'' Ridley (1920).
 == Vernacular names ==
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 == Observations ==
-An epiphytic or terrestrial creeper or climber; leaves 3-5-foliolate, leaflets usually with 1-2 steeply ascending basal lateral veins; inflorescence branches spike-like, few-branched; flowers in very short-stalked umbellules. ''S. oxyphylla'' is a variable, common species occurring in lowland and hill forest, occasionally in submontane rain forest, sometimes on limestone, up to 1200 m altitude.
+*An epiphytic or terrestrial creeper or climber.
+*Leaves 3-5-foliolate, leaflets usually with 1-2 steeply ascending basal lateral veins.
+*Inflorescence branches spike-like, few-branched.
+*Flowers in very short-stalked umbellules.
+''S. oxyphylla'' is a variable, common species occurring in lowland and hill forest, occasionally in submontane rain forest, sometimes on limestone, up to 1200 m altitude.
 == Selected sources ==
-, 1126, 1564.
+*[202] Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-H) pp. 1-1240. Vol. 2 (I-Z) pp. 1241-2444.
+*[1126] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.
+*[1564] Whitmore, T.C. & Ng, F.S.P. (Editors), 1972-1989. Tree flora of Malaya. A manual for foresters. 2nd Edition. 4 volumes. Malayan Forest Records No 26. Longman Malaysia Sdn. Berhad, Kuala Lumpur & Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
+== Main genus page ==
+*[[Schefflera (PROSEA)|''Schefflera'']] (Medicinal plants)
 == Authors ==
-Nguyen Tap & M.S.M. Sosef
+*Nguyen Tap & M.S.M. Sosef
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