Cyclea laxiflora
Content
Description
Slender climber up to c. 15 m.
Leaves with pubescent, usually hispid, petioles (1.3-)4-6.2 cm, inserted 8-22 mm above the basal margin;
Distribution
Anambas Is present, Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Banka present, Extreme Lower Thailand present, Pattani present, Siantan present
Extreme Lower Thailand (Pattani); in Malesia: Sumatra (incl. Banka), Malay Peninsula (common) and Anambas Is. (Siantan).
Uses
According to BURKILL a decoction made from the roots is used medicinally for fever, piles, following childbirth and as a vermifuge for children.
Notes
Although DIELS described the inflorescences as cauliflorous, the male inflorescences are clearly axillary, as can be seen even in some of the specimens he cited. In a few examples, the leaf sub-tending the inflorescence has fallen.
Citation
Diels 1910 – In: Pfl. R. p 317
Ridl. 1900: 43,. – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. 'var. arnotti MIERS'.
FORMAN 1960 – In: Kew Bull. p 75
HEND. 1951: p. 415. – In: Mal. Nat. J. t. 375
BURK. & HEND. 1925 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S. p 344
Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen. p 114
MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot. p 241
BURK. & HANIFF 1930 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S. p 171
BURK. 1935 – In: Dict. p 722