Clematis smilacifolia (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Clematis smilacifolia Wallich

Protologue: Asiat. Res. 13: 402 (1820).

Clematis subpeltata Wallich (1832), Clematis loureiriana auct. non DC.

• Indonesia: sanghur (Javanese), kajang helang (Sundanese), werewere (Seram)
• Philippines: amnok, anatel (Igorot)
• Laos: khoua kau san
• Thailand: phuang kaeo kudan (Bangkok)
• Vietnam: d[a]y ông lão, vằng kim cong.

Nepal, eastern India, Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Thailand and throughout the Malesian region.

In Vietnam a root decoction is used to treat lumbago, and a decoction of the aboveground parts to treat itch.

A liana up to 10 m long, stems many-ribbed; leaves simple, leaflets broadly ovate, 7-18(-37) cm × (2.5-)5-12(-16) cm, base cordate or rounded, apex cuspidate to obtuse, entire or sometimes minutely dentate; inflorescence a terminal or axillary, dichasial raceme, 3-7-flowered, fragrant; tepals 4(-6), oblong to linear, (12-)18-25(-30) mm × (3-)4-5(-7) mm, brown, stamens 50-60, carpels c. 40; nutlets elliptical to oblique-rhombic, (4.5-)6.5-8 mm × (2.5-)3-4 mm, appressed hairy, plumose tail 5-7 cm long. C. smilacifolia occurs in thickets, evergreen forest, bamboo forest and on river banks, from sea-level up to 1600(-2400) m altitude.

62, 438, 671, 732.

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J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg