Ampelocissus gracilis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Ampelocissus gracilis (Wallich) Planchon

Protologue: A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. phan. 5(2): 407 (1887).

Vitis gracilis Wallich (1824).

• Malaysia: akar iang-iang rimba, akar keladi tanah (Peninsular).

Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo.

A poultice made from the roots is used to treat orchitis.

A climber with slender, whitish to reddish-woolly stem; leaves simple, ovate, with cuspidate teeth, sparsely pubescent beneath; inflorescence very slender, reddish-woolly; flowers very small, 4-merous; fruit ovoid to oblong. A. gracilis is common in lowland forest.

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Nguyen Huu Hien