Connarus monocarpus (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
- Protologue: Sp. pl. 2: 675 (1753).
Synonyms
Connarus oligophyllus Wallich ex Planchon (1850).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: ki carang areuy (Sundanese), feu feuw (Sumatra), akar kunjal (Bangka)
- Malaysia: akar tulang daeng, lelemak, merensa (Peninsular)
- Philippines: bago-bago (Panay Bisaya), ongali (Samar-Leyte Bisaya)
- Thailand: thopthaep (Pattani).
Distribution
Sri Lanka, eastern India, southern Thailand and throughout Malesia except the Moluccas and New Guinea.
Uses
In Peninsular Malaysia, a decoction of the bark is drunk to treat stomach-ache, and the pounded root is applied as a poultice to treat itch. In India, a decoction of the root is taken to cure syphilis, and the fruits to treat eye diseases. In India, a fatty oil is obtained from the seeds of C. monocarpus and used in soap production. The stems are used for binding purposes.
Observations
A large liana up to 40 m long, with stem up to 15 cm in diameter, rarely a shrub or small tree; leaves with (3-)5-9 leaflets, leaflets ovate-elliptical to lanceolate, 4-14 cm × 2.5-7 cm, glabrous; petals 6-10 mm long, on both sides densely but minutely tomentose; fruit obliquely spindle-shaped to obliquely ellipsoid, 3-5 cm long, with thin and coriaceous pericarp, mucro apical. Two subspecies are distinguished: subsp. monocarpus from Sri Lanka and eastern India, and subsp. malayanus Leenh. from the Malesian region. C. monocarpus occurs in primary and secondary forest, also in more open locations and on limestone rock, up to 600 m altitude.
Selected sources
121, 247, 249, 331.
Main genus page
Authors
Wardah
