Ardisia crassa (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Ardisia crassa C.B. Clarke

Protologue: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 518 (1882).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: pokok pelandok paya, sepuri tanah (Peninsular).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.

Uses

In Peninsular Malaysia boiled roots are applied as a plaster to treat rheumatism.

Observations

A shrub or small tree; leaves elliptical, 10-22.5 cm × 4-6 cm, glabrous, secondary veins 20-25 pairs; inflorescence a condensed, almost capitate cyme; corolla pinkish; fruit c. 6 mm in diameter. A. crassa is uncommon in lowland forest.

Selected sources

121, 789, 895, 990.

Main genus page

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Authors

R.H.M.J. Lemmens