Ampelocissus polythyrsa (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Ampelocissus polythyrsa (Miq.) Gagnep.

Protologue: Bull. Soc. hist. nat. Autun 23: 20 (1911).

Vitis polystachya Wallich (1828; nom. nud.), Vitis polythyrsa Miq. (1863), Ampelocissus polystachya Planchon (1887).

• Malaysia: akar chabang tujoh, akar charek biawak (Peninsular)
• Vietnam: hổ nho nhiều chùm.

Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo.

In Peninsular Malaysia, a poultice made from a root decoction is used to treat rheumatism and lumbago.

A liana with thick, corky stem; leaves 5-9-foliolate, leaflets elliptical-oblong, toothed, glabrous; inflorescence large, sparsely hairy; flowers 4-merous; fruit globose-oblong, greenish to purplish. A. polythyrsa is locally common in lowland forest.

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Nguyen Huu Hien