Sonerila heterostemon Naudin
Setia Alam, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Sonerila heterostemon Naudin. Melastomataceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Hati-hati hutan, Hati-hati gajah, Kerekap air, Kodok hutan, Bunga kembang petang hutan], Six-stamened Sonerila. Distribution - Sumatra, Penin malaysia and Borneo. Herb to 50 cm tall. Habitat - widespread in lowland forest. In folk Malay medicine the root with tumeric is giving for grippig pains in the stomach after childbirth; in the others, leaves or root are used in a bath or an application for icterus neonatorum (neonatal jaundice).
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ifn-80219
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935
Sonerila heterostemon Naudin
Setia Alam, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Sonerila heterostemon Naudin. Melastomataceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Hati-hati hutan, Hati-hati gajah, Kerekap air, Kodok hutan, Bunga kembang petang hutan], Six-stamened Sonerila. Distribution - Sumatra, Penin malaysia and Borneo. Herb to 50 cm tall. Habitat - widespread in lowland forest. In folk Malay medicine the root with tumeric is giving for grippig pains in the stomach after childbirth; in the others, leaves or root are used in a bath or an application for icterus neonatorum (neonatal jaundice).
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ifn-80219
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935