Clematis javana (PROSEA)
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Clematis javana DC.
- Protologue: Syst. Nat. 1: 152 (1817).
Synonyms
Clematis vitalba L. subsp. javana (DC.) O. Kuntze (1885), Clematis gouriana auct. non Roxb. ex DC.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: slerem, merangan (Javanese)
- Philippines: salingbuabong (Igorot), kalupat (Bisaya), kamugna (Bagobo)
- Papua New Guinea: zanzanfulolo (Sasaningko, Morobe Province).
Distribution
Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Philippines, the Moluccas and New Guinea.
Uses
In the Philippines pounded leaves or leaf juice are applied to wounds. In the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, the sap from the stems is taken as a general tonic.
Observations
A liana up to 6 m long, stems sharply 6-ribbed; leaves usually biternate, leaflets ovate to narrowly ovate, (4-)5-8.5(-11) cm × 2-7 cm, base cordate or rounded, apex long-cuspidate, usually coarsely dentate; inflorescence a terminal or axillary dichasial panicle or raceme; tepals narrowly elliptical to oblong-obovate, 7-12 mm long, greenish-white or white, stamens 40-70, carpels 10-25; nutlets narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid to ovoid-fusiform, c. 4 mm long, densely pubescent, plumose tail 3-4 cm long. C. javana occurs in primary and secondary forest, thickets, as well as grassland and hedges, from sea-level up to 1600 m altitude.
Selected sources
62, 226, 356, 438.
Main genus page
Authors
J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg
