Argostemma montanum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Argostemma montanum Blume ex DC.

Protologue: Prodr. 4: 418 (1830).

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: reundeu badak, reundeu bulu, cocok bubu (Sundanese).

Distribution

Java.

Uses

The leaves have reportedly been used internally to treat fever.

Observations

An erect herb, creeping at the base, up to 50 cm tall, often branched; leaves of each pair equal or unequal, ovate-elliptical-oblong, 1.5-8 cm × 1-4 cm, very pale beneath; corolla 8-15 mm long, anther tube narrow, with ridge-like connective. A. montanum occurs in shady localities in the forest, usually in humus-rich soils, at 400-2250 m altitude. It is locally common in western Java.

Selected sources

62, 334.

Main genus page

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Authors

R.H.M.J. Lemmens