Stereospermum fimbriatum
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Description
Very upright, deciduous tree, to 27-30 m by 30-160 cm ø;
Leaves 30-75 cm, with rather sticky hairs, stalks yellowish;
Flowers in large spreading viscid-pilose clusters, 8-30 cm ø, on the bare twigs or with the new leaves.
Capsule more or less quadrangular, snake-like twisted, 35-60 cm by 8—12 mm;
Seeds c. 2½ cm long, 7 mm wide, with rather thick wings.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), Burma present, Chiengmai present, Continental SE. Asia present, Langkawi present, Penang present, Peninsular Thailand present, Tioman Is present
Continental SE. Asia (Burma; Thailand: Chiengmai to Peninsular Thailand); in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (incl. Langkawi, Penang, and Tioman Is.), possibly also in Sumatra. The record from Sumatra rests on an unpublished, beautiful plate in a collection of RAFFLES in the India Office Library & Records (NHD 49/20), which might have been made in Bencoolen, but according to Mr R. DESMOND the provenance is uncertain. It might be rare in Sumatra, similarly as S. personatum.
Uses
A hard and durable fairly large timber rather dark coloured, used for beams and posts and said to be durable in the soil.
Roots and leaves are used medicinally for some minor ailments: juice of leaves is dropped into the ear for ear-ache; leaves pounded with lime are applied to the skin for itch; a decoction of roots is given as a protective medicine after childbirth ().
Roots and leaves are used medicinally for some minor ailments: juice of leaves is dropped into the ear for ear-ache; leaves pounded with lime are applied to the skin for itch; a decoction of roots is given as a protective medicine after childbirth ().
Citation
A.DC. 1905 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 378
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 550
KURZ 1877 – In: Fl. Burma: 231
GAMBLE 1902: Man.: 516
CHATTERJEE 1948 – In: Bull. Bot. Soc. Beng.: 69
SANTISUK 1974 – In: Thai For. Bull. Bot.: 23
Corner 1940: Ways. Trees: 172: pl. 33
Clarke 1884 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 383
STEEN. 1928 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 234
DOP 1930 – In: Fl. Gen. I.-C.: 578
ex G. DON 1838 – In: Gen. Syst.: 221