Spirolobium cambodianum Baill.

 Spirolobium cambodianum Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris i. (1889) 774; et Hist. des pl. x. (1888) 215.

Spirolobium cambodianum Baill., Photos by Trùm Cuối

Spirolobium cambodianum Baill., Photos by Jeff Drudge

Family:

Apocynaceae Juss.

Synonym Name: 

Holarrhena pauciflora Ridl.

Vietnamese name:

Luân thùy cam bốt

English Name:

Description: 

Small shrub to 2 m tall. Branchlets sparsely puberulent, more rarely glabrous or densely puberulent. Leaves: Inflorescence axes pubescent. Sepals 2.5-6.4 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide at base, narrower for most of length; Stamens inserted at point where corolla tube widens; Ovaries 0.9-1 mm long; Fruit 8.5-19 cm by 2.2-3.5 mm. Seeds 4-9 by 0.8-1.4 mm

Distribution:

Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam (Tây Ninh, Sài Gòn, Phú Quốc)

Ecological:

Grows in coastal mangrove forests.

Flowering times:

Flowering season June - 7.

Uses: 

Swollen hands and feet (Roots soaked in alcohol massage). Fever (plant fluids).

Type:

Jan 1, 2004 Pierre, J.B.L. [4418], Cambodia K000857981 syntype

Jan 1, 2004 s.coll. [s.n.], Cambodia K000857980 syntype

Jun 30, 1991 Ridley, H.N. [14980], Peninsular Malaysia K000857984 isotype

Jun 30, 1991 s.coll. [14980], Peninsular Malaysia K000857983 lectotype

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

portal.cybertaxonomy.org