Ixora lobbii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

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] Bremekamp, C.E.B., 1937. The Malaysian species of the genus Ixora (Rub.). Contributions à l'étude de la flore des Indes Néerlandaises XXXIV. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Série III, 14: 197-367.
• [202] Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-H) pp. 1-1240. Vol. 2 (I-Z) pp. 1241-2444.
• [288] Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1985. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials & industrial products. Revised Edition. Vol. 1. Publications and Information Directorate, New Delhi, India. 513 pp.
• [964] Mohiddin, M.Y., Wong Chin & Holdsworth, D.K., 1991. Traditional medicinal plants of Brunei Darussalam. Part II. Sengkurong. International Journal of Pharmacognosy 29(4): 252-258.
• [1126] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.
• [1227] Ridley, H.N., 1922-1925. The flora of the Malay Peninsula. 5 volumes. Government of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. L. Reeve & Co, London, United Kingdom.

Main genus page

• Ixora (Medicinal plants)

Authors

• M.C. Ysrael & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg