Schefflera simulans (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Schefflera simulans Craib

Protologue: Kew Bull.: 421 (1930).

Synonyms

• Schefflera affinis (King) R. Vig. (1909) non Baillon.

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: bekak rengat, pokok bajang beranak (Peninsular).

Distribution

Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

A decoction of the leaves has been used to cure stomach trouble, and that of the root and leaves has been applied as a protective medicine after childbirth.

Observations

• A terrestrial or epiphytic shrub up to 3 m tall.
• Leaves palmately 5-7-foliolate, petiole 6.5-9 cm long, leaflets oblong-oblanceolate, 7-11 cm × 2-3.7 cm, base cuneate and unequal, apex acuminate, glabrous, petiolules 1.5-3.5 cm long.
• Inflorescence 10 cm long, 15-20 cm wide, hairy but glabrescent.
• Flowers about 10 per umbellule, 6-7-merous.

S. simulans occurs locally in montane forest at 1300-1650 m altitude.

Selected sources

• [202] Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-H) pp. 1-1240. Vol. 2 (I-Z) pp. 1241-2444.
• [291] Craib, W.G., 1930. XLVII - Contributions to the flora of Siam. Additamentum XXIX. Kew Bulletin 1930: 405-427.
• [1564] Whitmore, T.C. & Ng, F.S.P. (Editors), 1972-1989. Tree flora of Malaya. A manual for foresters. 2nd Edition. 4 volumes. Malayan Forest Records No 26. Longman Malaysia Sdn. Berhad, Kuala Lumpur & Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Main genus page

• Schefflera (Medicinal plants)

Authors

• Nguyen Tap & M.S.M. Sosef