Alyxia concatenata (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Alyxia concatenata (Blanco) Merr.

Protologue: Sp. blancoan.: 310 (1918).

Synonyms

• Alyxia monilifera S. Vidal (1886),
• Alyxia confertiflora Merr. (1915),
• Alyxia clusiacea (Baill.) Pichon (1948).

Vernacular names

• Philippines: basikalang (Iloko), batikuling, malabatino (Tagalog).

Distribution

The Philippines.

Uses

The bark is used on swellings and is also an ingredient in perfumes.

Observations

• A scrambler to large forest climber; leaves in whorls of 3-4, elliptical, 2.2-12.5 cm × 0.9-5.7 cm, 1.4-4.3 times longer than wide, glabrous or puberulent on midrib only above.
• Inflorescence axillary, 1.5-4 cm long, 5-11-flowered.
• Corolla white, tube 7.6-12 mm long, lobes 2-3.2 mm × 1.2-2.7 mm.
• Fruit with 1-4 articles in a string, globose, 4.5-8.8 mm × 4.3-6.8 mm, yellow or orange.

A. concatenata is found in lowland primary or secondary forest, or lower montane, mossy or montane forest, from 200-2200 m altitude.

Selected sources

• [128] Brown, W.H., 1951—1957. Useful plants of the Philippines. Reprint of the 1941—1943 edition. 3 volumes. Technical Bulletin 10. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Bureau of Printing, Manila, the Philippines. Vol. 1 (1951) 590 pp
• [649] Markgraf, F. , 1977. Florae Malesianae Praecursores LV. Apocynaceae IV. Alyxia. Blumea 23: 377—414.
• [810] Quisumbing, E., 1978. Medicinal plants of the Philippines. Katha Publishing Co., Quezon City, the Philippines. 1262 pp.

Main genus page

• Alyxia

Authors

• H.M. Sangat-Roemantyo & D.J. Middleton