Willughbeia oblonga (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Willughbeia oblonga Dyer ex Hook.f.
- Protologue: Apocynaceae
Synonyms
Ancylocladus oblongus (Hook.f.) Kuntze.
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: akar kuop-kuop, akar semarang (Peninsular).
Distribution
Malaysia (Peninsular).
Uses
In Peninsular Malaysia, the Jakuns formerly used the latex to glue poison to their arrows.
Observations
Woody climber with glabrous branches, containing latex. Leaves opposite; petiole up to 1 cm long; blade elliptical, 6-16 cm × 3-7 cm, about 2 times as long as wide, base acute to rounded, apex obtuse to blunt acuminate. Inflorescence an axillary cyme, up to 2 cm long, with 3-8 flowers; flowers 5-merous, bisexual; corolla tubular, tube up to 8 mm long, lobes ciliate. Fruit a cylindrical berry, about 5 cm × 1.5 cm. Seed flattened, rounded, about 1 mm long.
Selected sources
11, 20, 27, 31.