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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Ixora lobbii Loudon

Protologue: Encycl. pl. new edition: 1543 (1855).

Vernacular names

• Brunei: petagar mangas
• Malaysia: bunga selang, pechah priok, kramat hujan (Peninsular)
• Thailand: khem daeng (Yala).

Distribution

Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

In Malaysia a decoction of the root is given during and after childbirth, and a poultice is made from it against headache. In Brunei, a decoction of the root of a plant identified as I. lobii is taken as a tonic, or used as a herbal bath.

Observations

A shrub up to 2 m tall; leaves entire, oblong to lanceolate, 10-20 cm × 2-4.8 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, apex caudate or mucronate, with 15-25 secondary veins, petiole short, 2-4 mm long, stipules triangular, acuminate; inflorescence a subsessile loose corymb with about 50 flowers; flowers with red pedicel, calyx cylindrical campanulate, corolla tube 3-4 cm long, lobes 9 mm × 3-4 mm, acute, bright orange-red, not fragrant; fruit black. I. lobbii is a common shrub in forest throughout Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand.

Selected sources

182, 202, 288, 964, 1126, 1227.

Authors

M.C. Ysrael & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg