Indorouchera griffithiana
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Description
Liana, up to 30 m, rarely shrub or treelet, 4 m.
Leaves elliptic to obovate, rarely ovate, (4-)7.5-11.5(-19) by (1-) 2.5-4(-6.8) cm;
Stipules triangular to ovate, 0.7-0.8 by 1.5-1.8 mm, crenate.
Flowers (1—)3—7(—10) together, heterodistylous.
Sepals elliptic to ovate or orbicular, 1.8-2.5 by (1.5—)2—2.8 mm.
Petals thin, in anthesis straight, elliptic to obovate, (5-)6.5-8.5 by 1.5-3 mm;
Stamens in short-styled flowers 3.5-6 and 5-8 mm, in long-styled flowers 2.5-3.8 and 3.5-5.5 mm;
Ovary 3(-4)-loculed, rather smooth to 3-4-lobed when dry, cylindric, obovoid or globular, 0.8-l(-1.5) by 0.7-l(-1.5) mm;
Seed(s) 1 (or 2), ventrally attached, semi-ovoid, 3-4.5 by 2.2-2.3 mm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), Nicobar Is present
India (Nicobar Is.), Thailand; in Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java. .
Uses
According to SCHOLZ () the plant contains saponin-like constituents. They are used in mixtures for arrow poisons. See also . In Sarawak used for parang handles.
Citation
HUB.WINKLER 1931 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 19a: 109
RIDLEY 1922 – In: Fl. Mai. Pen.: 323
Koord. 1901 – In: Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind.: 384
Miq. 1897 – In: Ic. Bog.: 27
PLANCH. 1848 – In: Hook. Lond. J. Bot.: 527
BOERL. 1894: Feestbundel: 91: tab.
HALL.f. 1923 – In: Beih. Bot. Centralbl.: 50
BOERL. 1890 – In: Handl.: 140
SLEUMER 1954 – In: Fl. Males.: 77
WALP. 1849 – In: Ann.: 97
BACKER 1911: Schoolfl. Java: 163
HALL.f. 1976 – In: Trees of Sabah: 204
Hook.f. 1874 – In: Fl. Br. India: 414
Miq. 1897 – In: Ic. Bog.: 27
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 415
PLANCH. 1897: p. 25. – In: Ic. Bog.: t. VII, f. 1-22
BOERL. 1894: Feestbundel: 91
COCKBURN 1972 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 306
BACKER & BAKH.f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 242
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 415
King 1893 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 190
BOERL. 1894: Feestbundel: 91
VAN HOOREN & NOOTEBOOM 1984 – In: Blumea: 557
PLANCH. 1926: Kew Bull.: 60