Cynanchum ovalifolium (PROSEA)
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Cynanchum ovalifolium Wight
- Family: Asclepiadaceae
Synonyms
- Cynanchum javanicum (Koorders) Bakh. v.d. Brink,
- Marsdenia javanicum (Koorders) Bakh. v.d. Brink.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: sayor makan darat (the Moluccas)
- Malaysia: akar banoh jantan.
Distribution
From the Indian subcontinent through Malesia to Australia.
Uses
Leaves, which are very bitter, and young fruits are eaten in the Moluccas.
Observations
- Slender herbaceous vine with white latex.
- Leaf-blade ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 5-14 cm × 2-7 cm, discolorous; petiole 2-4 cm long, at nodes with small to large (1 cm long) stipule-like or leaf-like stipular structures.
- Fruit a fusiform-ovoid follicle, 7.5-10 cm × 3-3.5 cm.
In brushwood, hedges and open places up to 1000 m altitude.
Selected sources
7, 35, 42.