Stephania capitata
Content
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Malaya present; Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), Lesser Sunda Is present, N. & W. Borneo present
Thailand (Peninsular); in Malesia: Sumatra, Malaya, Java, Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali), N. & W. Borneo.
Uses
A substitute for Cyclea barbata (WALL.) MIERS in the preparation of 'tjintjau', a native pre-paration used for abdominal diseases and fevers (? leaves used).
Notes
The axis of the inflorescence is usually less than 1 cm long, but on LÖRZING 5509 from Su-matra the axes are up to 14 cm and arise from an old leafless stem.
Citation
WALP. 1842 – In: Rep.: 96
MASAM. 1942: En. Phan. Born.: 276
SCHEFF. 1873: p. 401. – In: Nat. Tijd. N. I.: t. 13
YAMAMOTO 1944 – In: J. Soc. Trop. Agric.: 141
Diels 1910 – In: Pfl. R.: 281
MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 206
MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 226
NORMAN 1924 – In: J. Bot.: Suppl. 5
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 336
BACK. 1911: Schoolfl. Java: 46
FORMAN 1956 – In: Kew Bull.: 46
Miq. 1868 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.: 86
BECC. 1877 – In: Malesia: 156
HEYNE 1927 – In: Nutt. Pl.: 617
STEEN. 1972: Mt. Fl. Java: pl. 33-1
Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 113
BOERL. 1899 – In: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 42
HEND. 1928 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 220
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 250
BURK. & HEND. 1925 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: 344