Amischotolype griffithii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Amischotolype griffithii (C.B. Clarke) I.M. Turner

Protologue: Novon 6(2): 221 (1996).

Forrestia griffithii C.B. Clarke (1881).

• Malaysia: setawar hutan, setawar jantan, pokok sampu landak (Peninsular).

Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo (Brunei).

In Peninsular Malaysia, a decoction of the roots is drunk against fever.

A herb up to 100 cm tall, with c. 2.5 cm thick stems creeping at base; leaves c. 22.5 cm × 7.5 cm, hairy all over; inflorescence small, c. 1.5 cm in diameter, compact, subglabrous. A. griffithii occurs in lowland forest.

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Noorma Wati Haron