Difference between revisions of "Ixora grandifolia (PROSEA)"
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<big>''[[Ixora grandifolia]]'' Zoll. & Moritzi</big> | <big>''[[Ixora grandifolia]]'' Zoll. & Moritzi</big> | ||
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| + | :Protologue: Syst. Verz.: 65 (1846). | ||
== Synonyms == | == Synonyms == | ||
| − | ''Ixora fluminalis'' Ridley. | + | *''Ixora crassifolia'' Ridley (1918), |
| + | *''Ixora ridleyi'' Bremek. (1937), | ||
| + | *''Ixora fluminalis'' Ridley. | ||
== Vernacular names == | == Vernacular names == | ||
*Pink river ixora (En) | *Pink river ixora (En) | ||
| + | *Indonesia: sikatan (Javanese), ki soka (Sundanese) | ||
*Malaysia: jarum hutan, kelat tandok, segading jantan (Peninsular) | *Malaysia: jarum hutan, kelat tandok, segading jantan (Peninsular) | ||
*Thailand: khem yai (central, peninsular). | *Thailand: khem yai (central, peninsular). | ||
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== Distribution == | == Distribution == | ||
| − | Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka and Borneo. | + | Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Madura and Borneo. |
| + | == Uses == | ||
| + | In Malaysia a decoction of the root is used to treat ague and colic. The leaves are eaten before childbirth, at the commencement of labour and are considered to make delivery easier. An infusion of leaves is drunk against stomach-ache. | ||
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| + | == Observations == | ||
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| + | *A shrub or small to medium-sized tree up to 18 m tall, bark smooth to lenticellate, fissured or scaly, grey-brown. | ||
| + | *Leaves elliptical, ovate or obovate, 10-32 cm × 4-18 cm, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, base acute, rounded or cordate, apex acute or blunt, with 6-16 secondary veins, petiole 0.5-3.5 cm long, stipules broadly triangular, apiculate. | ||
| + | *Inflorescence subsessile, with 3 main branches, erect, spreading, up to 5 cm long, branches not jointed; flowers long-pedicellate, calyx tube 0.5-1 mm long, lobes triangular and less than 0.5 mm long, corolla tube 0.5-3 cm long, lobes 2.5-6 mm × 1.5-2 mm, white sometimes pink-tipped, fragrant, anthers grey. | ||
| + | *Fruit globose or strongly 2-lobed, up to 12 mm wide, red turning black. | ||
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| + | ''I. grandifolia'' occurs in both lowland and hill forest, also on swampy ground. | ||
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| + | == Selected sources == | ||
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| + | 97, 182, 202, 288, 768, 1126, 1227, 1591. medicinals | ||
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| + | == Authors == | ||
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| + | *M.C. Ysrael & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg | ||
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| + | [[Category:Medicinal plants (PROSEA)]] | ||
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]] | [[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]] | ||
[[Category:PROSEA]] | [[Category:PROSEA]] | ||
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Introduction |
Ixora grandifolia Zoll. & Moritzi
- Protologue: Syst. Verz.: 65 (1846).
Synonyms
- Ixora crassifolia Ridley (1918),
- Ixora ridleyi Bremek. (1937),
- Ixora fluminalis Ridley.
Vernacular names
- Pink river ixora (En)
- Indonesia: sikatan (Javanese), ki soka (Sundanese)
- Malaysia: jarum hutan, kelat tandok, segading jantan (Peninsular)
- Thailand: khem yai (central, peninsular).
Distribution
Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Madura and Borneo.
Uses
In Malaysia a decoction of the root is used to treat ague and colic. The leaves are eaten before childbirth, at the commencement of labour and are considered to make delivery easier. An infusion of leaves is drunk against stomach-ache.
Observations
- A shrub or small to medium-sized tree up to 18 m tall, bark smooth to lenticellate, fissured or scaly, grey-brown.
- Leaves elliptical, ovate or obovate, 10-32 cm × 4-18 cm, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, base acute, rounded or cordate, apex acute or blunt, with 6-16 secondary veins, petiole 0.5-3.5 cm long, stipules broadly triangular, apiculate.
- Inflorescence subsessile, with 3 main branches, erect, spreading, up to 5 cm long, branches not jointed; flowers long-pedicellate, calyx tube 0.5-1 mm long, lobes triangular and less than 0.5 mm long, corolla tube 0.5-3 cm long, lobes 2.5-6 mm × 1.5-2 mm, white sometimes pink-tipped, fragrant, anthers grey.
- Fruit globose or strongly 2-lobed, up to 12 mm wide, red turning black.
I. grandifolia occurs in both lowland and hill forest, also on swampy ground.
Selected sources
97, 182, 202, 288, 768, 1126, 1227, 1591. medicinals
Authors
- M.C. Ysrael & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg
