Symplocos odoratissima var. odoratissima
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Description
Tree up to 30 m, 50 cm Ø.
Leaves 7-23 by 2-12 cm, in watersprouts up to 40 cm.
Fruit with thin, fleshy mesocarp, 8-15 by 5-10 mm, ovoid, or up to 20 mm, flask-shaped.
Uses
Dayak people extract salt from wood ash.
As in other species the bark is used for dyeing purposes and HEYNE l.c. even says that for the purpose of obtaining bark and leaves the species is planted by the Sundanese at Tjiamis.
The tree is mainly useful for the inner bark which is commonly sold in the medicinal market in West Java as kayu or kulit sĕriawan. Decoctions are used against sprue-like diseases; also pounded bark is applied to the gums and young leaves are sometimes eaten or applied externally on mouth and nose. Obat sĕriawan is even officially recognized in the Dutch pharmacopeia.
As in other species the bark is used for dyeing purposes and HEYNE l.c. even says that for the purpose of obtaining bark and leaves the species is planted by the Sundanese at Tjiamis.
The tree is mainly useful for the inner bark which is commonly sold in the medicinal market in West Java as kayu or kulit sĕriawan. Decoctions are used against sprue-like diseases; also pounded bark is applied to the gums and young leaves are sometimes eaten or applied externally on mouth and nose. Obat sĕriawan is even officially recognized in the Dutch pharmacopeia.
Citation
F.-VILL. 1880: Nov. App.: 127
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 301
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 296
VIDAL 1883: Sinopsis Atlas: t. 64
BURK. 1935 – In: Dict.: 112
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 298
BRAND 1912 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 32
BRAND 1908 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 5
cf. KALKMAN 1965 – In: Blumea: 107
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 302
BRAND 1901 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 34
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 298
cf. KALKMAN 1965 – In: Blumea: 107
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 300
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 300
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 302
F.-VILL. 1880: Nov. App.: 127
PRESL 1908 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 4
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 297