Tournefortia sarmentosa (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
- Protologue: Tabl. encycl. 2(1): 416 (1792).
Vernacular names
- Papua New Guinea: kapu (Hula, Central Province), kisikiri (Gaikorovi, East Sepik Province)
- Philippines: salakapo (Iloko), patayud (Bisaya), tanara-daganan (Bikol)
- Vietnam: bọ cạp trườn.
Distribution
Vietnam, Taiwan, throughout the Malesian region and northern Australia (Queensland).
Uses
In the Philippines a decoction of the roots is given internally after childbirth, to hasten the expulsion of the placenta. The leaves are applied as a poultice to the forehead to treat headache. In veterinary medicine, the leaves are employed to kill maggots in ulcers of cattle. In Papua New Guinea the leaves are chewed by people suffering from malaria. They are also chewed, or eaten mixed with food, to give relief in stomach-ache.
Observations
A creeper or liana; young branches densely brown hairy; leaves oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 4-15 cm × 2-7 cm; flowers with corolla 6-10 mm long and 4 mm in diameter; fruit depressed ovoid-subglobose, c. 5 mm in diameter, with fleshy wall. T. sarmentosa occurs in secondary forest and thickets at low elevations, especially in dry localities near the sea.
Selected sources
62, 121, 247, 347, 349, 351, 354, 569, 731, 760, 1013.
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Authors
N.O. Aguilar
