Description
Erect shrub or treelet, up to c. 1.25 m high.
Leaves subcoriaceous, elliptic, oblanceolate, or oblong, 21-42.5 by 9.5-16.5 cm, apex acuminate;
Inflorescences near the base of the stem, in the axils of bracts, few-branched, paniculiform or racemiform, internodes spacious, villous;
Stamens in 2 whorls:
Capsules unknown.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Bellaga near Bintulu present, Djambi present, Kapit Distr present, Sg. Lesing near Pauh present
Malesia: Sumatra (Djambi: Sg. Lesing near Pauh); Borneo (Sarawak: Bellaga near Bintulu; Kapit Distr.).
Uses
Roots boiled in water is taken to cure gonorrhoea in Sarawak.
Citation
SCHMIDT 1935: p. 232. – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 16b: f. 120K
DING HOU 1981: p. 311. – In: Blumea: f. 45-47
