Biology:Lepisanthes rubiginosa
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Short description: Species of plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Lepisanthes |
| Species: | L. rubiginosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Blume) Leenh.
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Lepisanthes rubiginosa, also known as mertajam,[1][3] is a plant species from the Lepisanthes genus in the lychee family found in northern India, Indochina, Malesia and northwest Australia .[2][4]: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.[4]:649[5] Its flowers are yellow-white with a sweet scent and its fruit ripens to a dark purple/black.[5] Its name rubiginosa is Latin for rust-coloured referning to the hairs on the twigs and leaflets.[5]
Use
The leaves can be used as a poultice to treat itches or made into a decoction that can be drank to cure fever.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wilkinson, Richard James (1932). "mĕrtajam". mĕrtajam. II. Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis. p. 137. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-60272783/view?partId=nla.obj-436228206#page/n142/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh.". Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. 2023. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:783524-1#synonyms.
- ↑ Toh Suat Loo, ed (2004). The Cyber Plant Conservation Project: Promoting Plant Biodiversity Conservation through ICT. Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia: Food and Agriculture Organization and International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. p. 43. ISBN 92-9043-626-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=_a2quY2924IC&pg=PA43.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Adema, F.; Leenhouts, P.W.; van Welzen, P.C. (1994). "Sapindaceae". Flora Malesiana 11 (3): 419–768. https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/532629.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh.". National Parks Board. 2023. https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/3/2/3297.
- ↑ Burkill, I. H.; Mohamed Haniff (April 1930). "Malay Village Medicine". The Gardens' Bulletin VI (6–10): 165–321. https://digitalgems.nus.edu.sg/shared/colls/blsea/files/GarBul_v06_n06-10.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q15525592 entry
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