Schefflera simulans (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Schefflera simulans Craib
- Protologue: Kew Bull.: 421 (1930).
Synonyms
Schefflera affinis (King) R. Vig. (1909) non Baillon.
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: bekak rengat, pokok bajang beranak (Peninsular).
Distribution
Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
A decoction of the leaves has been used to cure stomach trouble, and that of the root and leaves has been applied as a protective medicine after childbirth.
Observations
A terrestrial or epiphytic shrub up to 3 m tall; leaves palmately 5-7-foliolate, petiole 6.5-9 cm long, leaflets oblong-oblanceolate, 7-11 cm × 2-3.7 cm, base cuneate and unequal, apex acuminate, glabrous, petiolules 1.5-3.5 cm long; inflorescence 10 cm long, 15-20 cm wide, hairy but glabrescent; flowers about 10 per umbellule, 6-7-merous. S. simulans occurs locally in montane forest at 1300-1650 m altitude.
Selected sources
202, 291, 1564.