Amischotolype mollissima (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Amischotolype mollissima (Blume) Hassk.

Family: Commelinaceae

Synonyms

• Campelia mollissima Blume,
• Forrestia mollissima (Blume) Koorders.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: kerok batok (Java), gewor, celi badak (West Java)
• Laos: 'üang dông
• Vietnam: lâm trai.

Distribution

From India to Indo-China, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra).

Uses

Young shoots are cooked and eaten as vegetable in Indonesia.

Observations

• Very variable, ascending, succulent, robust, perennial herb, 0.5-8 m tall.
• Leaves sheathed; leaf-blade lanceolate, 12-48 cm × 3.5-12 cm, sometimes pubescent or with soft hairs along the margins.

In shady, humid localities, from 50-1500 m altitude. Mainly based on the hairiness of the leaves, three forms are distinguished (considered by some to be different species).

Selected sources

7, 66.