Scutellaria discolor (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Scutellaria discolor Wallich ex Benth.
- Protologue: Wallich, Pl. asiat. rar. 1: 66 (1830).
Synonyms
Scutellaria cyrtopoda Miq. (1859), Scutellaria heteropoda Miq. (1859), Scutellaria zollingeriana Briq. (1898).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: jawer kotok (Sundanese), amperu lemah (Javanese), daun kukur (Moluccas)
- Malaysia: nilam bukit (Peninsular), toma (Sakai, Peninsular)
- Vietnam: thuẫn nhiều màu.
Distribution
From northern India and Nepal to Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas and New Guinea.
Uses
In Java, S. discolor has been used to treat pain in the loins. In China, it is applied as a folk remedy for colds, fever, sore throat, and enteritis.
Observations
A small herb up to 50(-100) cm tall, stems hirsute, usually simple; leaves broadly elliptical to rounded or rarely ovate, (3.5-)4-6(-11) cm × (2-)2.5-5(-10) cm, base rounded to cordate, margin coarsely crenate, sparsely pubescent to hirsute; bracts 1-3 mm long; flowers in small false whorls of 2-4(-5), in a simple, terminal, all-sided raceme of 5-24 cm long, glandular pubescent, corolla blue or pale blue to purple-violet, 9-12 mm long. S. discolor is subdivided into three varieties: var. hirta Handel-Mazzetti occurring in Yunnan (China), var. cyrtopoda (Miq.) Adelb. found at 1600-3200 m altitude in Java, and var. discolor occurring throughout the range of S. discolor . It is found in grassland along streams, shady and moist places in rain forest, in Irian Jaya in oak forest, in Timor on limestone in Podocarpus forest, up to 2400(-3200) m altitude.
Selected sources
202, 287, 580, 720, 854, 1118, 1126, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1476.
Authors
H.P. Hernandez