Gomphostemma crinitum
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Description
Coarse perennial herb, 50-150 cm.
Leaves herbaceous, elliptic-ovate or oblanceolate, 25-30 by 8-15 cm, acute, base cuneate, entire;
Flowers in lax or condensed, many-flowered axillary, often branched cymes.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Thailand (Thailand present), Burma present, Continental SE. Asia present, Tenasserim present
Continental SE. Asia (Burma: Tenasserim; Thailand, Indo-China) and Malesia: Malay Peninsula (common).
Uses
BURKILL () reported that a decoction of the roots is administered after confinement. Pounded leaves, with camphor, are applied to swellings of the groin.
Citation
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 652
PRAIN 1891: p. 254. – In: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc.: pl. 88
BTH. 1835: Lab. Gen. Sp.: 648
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 551
HEND. 1950: p. 389. – In: Mal. Nat. J.: f. 359
BTH. 1907 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 723
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 552
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 987
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 84
Hook.f. 1885 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 695