Holarrhena curtisii

Primary tabs

Content

Description

Shrub to 2.5 m. Branchlets densely to sparsely pubescent. Leaves: Inflorescence a terminal cyme, rarely appearing axillary, 3-12.5 cm long, lax, pubescent. Sepals linear, 2.5-7.5 by 0.8-1.2 mm, 3-7.5 times as long as wide, pubescent outside and inside, colleters few or absent near the base. Stamens inserted at 1.6-2.4 mm from corolla base; Ovaries 0.7-1.1 mm long; Fruit erect, at least when young, 7-30 cm by 1.5-5 mm. Seeds pubescent, 8.2-15 by 1.8-2.5 mm, coma 32-66 mm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Cambodia (Cambodia present); Laos (Laos present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present)

Thailand, LaosCambodia, Vietnam; in Malesia: Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

The bark and roots are used to treat dysentery.

Citation

de Kruif 1981 – In: Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool Wageningen: 6

Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 450

Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1171

Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1172

Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 349

Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 450

D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 73

M.R. Hend. 1959 – In: Malay. Wild Fls.: 281

Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 349

King & Gamble 1999 – In: PROSEA: 298

Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 617

Corner 1952 – In: Wayside Trees Malaya, ed. 2: 145

I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 126

Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 617