Willughbeia oblonga (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Willughbeia oblonga Dyer ex Hook.f.

Protologue: Apocynaceae

Synonyms

Ancylocladus oblongus (Hook.f.) Kuntze.

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: akar kuop-kuop, akar semarang (Peninsular).

Distribution

Malaysia (Peninsular).

Uses

In Peninsular Malaysia, the Jakuns formerly used the latex to glue poison to their arrows.

Observations

Woody climber with glabrous branches, containing latex. Leaves opposite; petiole up to 1 cm long; blade elliptical, 6-16 cm × 3-7 cm, about 2 times as long as wide, base acute to rounded, apex obtuse to blunt acuminate. Inflorescence an axillary cyme, up to 2 cm long, with 3-8 flowers; flowers 5-merous, bisexual; corolla tubular, tube up to 8 mm long, lobes ciliate. Fruit a cylindrical berry, about 5 cm × 1.5 cm. Seed flattened, rounded, about 1 mm long.

Selected sources

11, 20, 27, 31.