Gynochtodes coriacea (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Gynochtodes coriacea Blume

Protologue: Bijdr. fl. Ned. Ind.: 993 (1827).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: akar lempedu, akar mali, lempedu tanah (Peninsular).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Java.

Uses

In Peninsular Malaysia, the plant is used as a poultice to treat headache.

Observations

A liana with stem up to 0.5 cm in diameter; leaves elliptical-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 6-13 cm × 3-7 cm, obtuse to shortly acuminate at apex, leathery; corolla greenish; fruit c. 1 cm in diameter, white when ripe. G. coriacea occurs in lowland forest, in Java up to 300 m altitude.

Selected sources

62, 121, 459, 789.

Main genus page

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Authors

R.H.M.J. Lemmens