Leptospermum amboinense Blume
Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia.
Leptospermum amboinense Blume. Myrtaceae. CN: [Malay - Gelam bukit, Cucur atap (sharing name with Baeckea frutescens), Hujung atap], Tea-tree. Distribution - South East Asia i.e. the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Flores, Moluccas, southern Burma and New Guinea, New Zealand and New Zealand. Shrub or small tree up to ca. 8 m height. Outer bark rough, fibrous, longitudinally fissured. Leaves simple, narrowly elliptic, alternately arranged. Flowers white, often solitary. Fruit woody, dome-shape above, dehiscent. Habitat - montane forest. Refreshing tea is made from the leaves, used for fever and lassitude. Other uses in folkloric medicines.
Synonym(s):
Leptospermum flavescens Sm. var. angustifolium Rid.
Leptospermum flavescens Sm.
Leptospermum javanicum Blume
Note: Kew recognize Leptospermum amboinense Blume as a synonym of Leptospermum javanicum Blume.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-111349
pcieerd.theshadedlane.com/plants/leptospermum-amboinense-...
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935
Leptospermum amboinense Blume
Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia.
Leptospermum amboinense Blume. Myrtaceae. CN: [Malay - Gelam bukit, Cucur atap (sharing name with Baeckea frutescens), Hujung atap], Tea-tree. Distribution - South East Asia i.e. the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Flores, Moluccas, southern Burma and New Guinea, New Zealand and New Zealand. Shrub or small tree up to ca. 8 m height. Outer bark rough, fibrous, longitudinally fissured. Leaves simple, narrowly elliptic, alternately arranged. Flowers white, often solitary. Fruit woody, dome-shape above, dehiscent. Habitat - montane forest. Refreshing tea is made from the leaves, used for fever and lassitude. Other uses in folkloric medicines.
Synonym(s):
Leptospermum flavescens Sm. var. angustifolium Rid.
Leptospermum flavescens Sm.
Leptospermum javanicum Blume
Note: Kew recognize Leptospermum amboinense Blume as a synonym of Leptospermum javanicum Blume.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-111349
pcieerd.theshadedlane.com/plants/leptospermum-amboinense-...
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935