Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.
Family
Compositae
Synonyms
Gynura sarmentosa (Blume) DC.
Vernacular Names
| Malaysia | Daun dewa, dewa raja, akar sebiak, kelemai merah, kacham akar. |
| Indonesia | Sambung mjawa, daun dewa, kalingsir (Sundanese). |
| Cambodia | Chi angkam. |
| Thailand | Pra-kham dee khwaai, ma kham dee khwaai (Pattani), mu maeng sang(Chumphon). |
| Vietnam | B[aaf]u d[aas]t, rau l[us]i, d[aa]y chua l[ef]. |
Geographical Distributions
G. procumbens can be found in Western and central Africa, and from southern China throughout continental South-East Asia and Malaysia eastward to Papua New Guinea; also widely cultivated.
Description
G. procumbens is a scrambling or weakly climbing, perennial herb with stems up to 6 m long, leafy, smooth or sparsely pubescent.
The leaves are almost egg-shaped and slightly different shape between each leaf. The size is 3 cm-10 cm x 0.5 cm-3 cm. The lower surface is more or less purple. The leaf is located at the base of stalk at the stem. It has long stalk or no stalk and sometimes with a small lobe.
The flower is arising from the axils and has 20 head of terminal flat-topped indeterminate inflorescence that is long cylindrical or like-tube shape. The flower stalk is up to 6 cm long with 8 to 13 rings of flower stalk inside which are 8 to 17 mm long and smooth. The yellow to red petal is 10 to 16 mm long.
The fruit is 5-6 mm long.
Ecology / Cultivation
G. procumbens occurs in a wide range of habitats, but prefers moist forest, up to 2800 m altitude.
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References
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R.H.M.J. Lemmens and N. Bunyapraphatsara (Editors). Plant Resources of South-East Asia No.12(3): Medicinal and poisonous plants 3. 2003.
