Thottea corymbosa
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Description
Shrub, spreading, sometimes scrambling, up to 5 m high.
Leaves chartaceous or subcoriaceous, ovate to lanceolate, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, sometimes ob-ovate, 6.5-17.5 by 2.5-8.5 cm;
Inflorescences terminal and/or axillary in the upper leaf-axils, few- and lax-branched, paniculiform or corymbose, up to 10 cm long, puberulous;
Stamens in 1 whorl, 7-10, rarely more;
Capsules slender, long, up to 38 cm long, 4-angular, slightly twisted, puberulous.
Seeds ovoid, trigonous, 4-6 by 2.5-3.5 mm, rugose.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Kalimantan present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Bukit Kasian present, Penang present
Malesia: Widely distributed but scattered in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula (incl. Penang); Borneo (Kalimantan: Bukit Kasian), once collected.
Uses
Pounded leaves are put inside the hollow of the tooth to remedy toothache. The central part of the roots is chewed along with betel-nut as a diuretic, if needed, during confinement (BURKILL, l.c.).
Citation
HEND. 1951: Mal. Wild Fl: 420: f. 382A-C.
SOLEREDER 1889 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 431
HOOK. f. 1886 – In: Fl. Br. India: 73
DUCHARTRE 1864 – In: DC., Prod. 15: 429
BURK. 1935 – In: Dict.: 188
MOORE 1925 – In: J. Bot.: 83
GRIFF. 1854 – In: Icon. Pl. Asiat.: f. 1
SCHMIDT 1935 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 16b: 233
GRIFF. 1847 – In: Ann. Sc. Nat. Bot.: 338
O.K. 1891 – In: Rev. Gen. Pl.: 563
GRIFF. 1854 – In: Icon. Pl. Asiat.: f. 2
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 1068
GRIFF. 1847 – In: Ann. Sc. Nat. Bot.: 340
HEYNE 1927: Nutt. Pl.: 596
GRIFF. 1854 – In: Notul.: 344
KING & GAMBLE 1912 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 25
WARBURG 1913 – In: Pflanzenwelt: 521
KLOTZSCH 1859: Monatsb. Akad. Berl: 591: t. 1, f. 4