Ardisia fuliginosa (PROSEA)
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Ardisia fuliginosa Blume
- Protologue: Bijdr. fl. Ned. Ind.: 692 (1826).
Distribution
Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Uses
Dried sap from the stem is heated together with coconut milk and Curcuma rhizomes and used in western Java to treat scabies.
Observations
A shrub or small tree up to 5 m tall; leaves elliptical to lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, 8-24 cm × 2.5-10 cm, glabrescent but often pubescent on veins below, secondary veins 9-12 pairs; inflorescence a short axillary raceme; corolla 2.5-5 mm long, whitish or pinkish; fruit c. 5 mm in diameter. A. fuliginosa occurs in forest up to 1750 m altitude.
Selected sources
62, 334, 378, 896.
Main genus page
Authors
R.H.M.J. Lemmens