Ixora lobbii (PROSEA)
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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
