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Saprosma cf. ternatum (Wall.) Hook.f.

Bukit Tarek FR, Selangor, Malaysia.

 

Saprosma cf. ternatum (Wall.) Hook.f. Rubiaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Sekentut, Kesimbukan, Kesimbek, Simbukan, Merbuloh paya]. Distribution - India to Java. Erect shrub to ca. 3 m tall. Drupes ellipsoid or subglobose. Habitat - lowland and hill forest. The Malays eat the leaves for flatulence and poultice with them after child-birth.

 

Synonym(s):

Paederia ternata Wall.

Saprosma ternata (Wall.) Hook. f.

Saprosma ternatum var. glabrum Pierre ex Pit.

Serissa ternata (Wall.) Kurz

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-184635

foc.eflora.cn/content.aspx?TaxonId=250096638

A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935

 

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Taken on October 28, 2014