Biology:Fibraurea
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Fibraurea is an Asian plant genus in the family Menispermaceae.[1]
Species
Plants of the World Online includes:[1]
- Fibraurea darshanii Udayan & K.Ravik.: India (Karnataka, Kerala)
- Fibraurea recisa Pierre: southern China, Indo-China (in Việt Nam hoàng đằng) - herbal
- Fibraurea tinctoria Lour. (type species; synonyms: Fibraurea chloroleuca (Miers), Fibraurea fasciculata (Miers), Fibraurea laxa (Miers), Fibraurea trotteri (Watt), Fibraurea manipurensis Brace ex Diels): India, Indo-China, Malesia including Borneo.
No longer included in this genus:
- Fibraurea elliptica (Yamamoto) = Haematocarpus subpeltatus Merr.: (Luzon, Philippines).
- Fibraurea haematocarpus Hook.f. & Thomson = Haematocarpus validus (prev. H. thomsonii) Miers
Medicine
Fibraurea tinctoria, known locally as akar kuning, is used by Sumatran Oragutan as a pain-reliever, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Plants of the World Online: Fibraurea Lour. (retrieved 2 April 2024)
- ↑ Bartels, Meghan (May 2, 2024). "Wild Orangutan Uses Herbal Medicine to Treat His Wound". Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wild-orangutan-uses-herbal-medicine-to-treat-his-wound/.
External links
Data related to Fibraurea at Wikispecies- Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T. et al., eds (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/browse/tree/id/17277402. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q521885 entry
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