Allomorphia exigua (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Allomorphia exigua (Jack) Blume

Protologue: Flora 14: 522 (1831); Bijdr. Natuurk. Wetensch. 6: 262 (1831).

Synonyms

Oxyspora exigua (Jack) J.F. Maxwell (1982).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: keduduk hutan, keduduk gajah, senduduk gajah (Peninsular)
• Thailand: kamao khao (Surat Thani).

Distribution

Peninsular Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

A decoction of the roots is given to women after childbirth, and the leaves are used for poulticing the abdomen against remittent fever.

Observations

A small shrub up to 60 cm tall, with obtusely quadrangular branches; leaves lanceolate, 8.5-15 cm × 3-6 cm; inflorescence small, few-flowered; calyx urceolate; fruit urceolate. A. exigua is found in rocky locations in the forest.

Selected sources

121, 609, 789.

Main genus page

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Authors

H.C. Ong