Schefflera oxyphylla (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Schefflera oxyphylla (Miq.) R. Vig.

Protologue: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IX, 9: 355 (1909).

Synonyms

• Schefflera subracemosa R. Vig. (1909),
• Schefflera subulata (Miq.) R. Vig. (1909),
• Schefflera klossii Ridley (1920).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: akar pesat bedak, akar sepakan, akar sesudu (Peninsular).

Distribution

Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

Uses

A decoction of the roots has been given as a sedative to calm frightened children and has been used externally against fevers.

Observations

• An epiphytic or terrestrial creeper or climber.
• Leaves 3-5-foliolate, leaflets usually with 1-2 steeply ascending basal lateral veins.
• Inflorescence branches spike-like, few-branched.
• Flowers in very short-stalked umbellules.

S. oxyphylla is a variable, common species occurring in lowland and hill forest, occasionally in submontane rain forest, sometimes on limestone, up to 1200 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.
• [1126] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.
• [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