- Source: Lepisanthes rubiginosa
Lepisanthes rubiginosa, also known as mertajam, is a plant species from the Lepisanthes genus in the lychee family found in northern India, Indochina, Malesia and northwest Australia.: 649
Botany
It is a shrub, or small tree, that can grow up to 16 meters tall and has compound leaves with 2-9 pairs of leaflets.: 649 Its flowers are yellow-white with a sweet scent and its fruit ripens to a dark purple/black. Its name rubiginosa is Latin for rust-coloured referning to the hairs on the twigs and leaflets.
Use
The leaves can be used as a poultice to treat itches or made into a decoction that can be drank to cure fever.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kalalayu
- Lepisanthes rubiginosa
- Lepisanthes
- Anito
- Oraesia excavata
- Danaus chrysippus
- List of trees of northern Thailand
