Argostemma klossii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Argostemma klossii Ridley

Protologue: Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 61: 13 (1912).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: sumpu kering (Peninsular).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

Boiled leaves and roots have been used in Peninsular Malaysia as a poultice to treat malaria.

Observations

A small erect herb up to 12.5 cm tall, stem hairy; leaves of each pair very unequal, elliptical-lanceolate, c. 5 cm long, whitish beneath; corolla c. 6 mm in diameter, anther tube about as long as corolla; fruit hairy. A. klossii occurs locally in rain forest in the mountains.

Selected sources

121, 789.

Main genus page

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Authors

R.H.M.J. Lemmens