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
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