Scientific Name
Anthocephalus chinensis (Lamk) A. Rich. ex Walp.
Synonyms
Anthocephalus indicus A. Rich., Anthocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Miq., Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser [1]
Vernacular Name
| Malaysia | Kelempayan (Peninsular); laran (Peninsular, Sabah); selimpoh (Sarawak) [1]; kelapayan, kelempai, kelepayan, kelumpang, kelumpung, kempoyan, kepayang kayu, lempayang, lempoyan [2] |
| English | Kadam, cadamba, common 1 bur-flower tree [1][3] |
| China | Huang liang mu [3] |
| India | Apaathyada mara, arisina thaega, attuhekku, bale, banphar, beegada, dhaaruja kaare, dieng soalhngpaathi, ethakkaada, kada pode, kadvala, kaduve [2] |
| Indonesia | Jabon (Java); laran (Kalimantan); emajang (Sumatra) [1] |
| Thailand | Krathum, krathum bok, takoo [1] |
| Laos | Koo-somz, sako [1] |
| Myanmar | Mau-Iettan-she, maukadon, yemau [1] |
| Brunei | Bangkal, kaatoan bangkal [1] |
| Philippines | Kaatoan bangkal (General) [1] |
| Cambodia | Thkoow [1] |
| Vietnam | C[aa]y g[as]o, c[af] tom, g[as]o tr[aws]ng [1] |
| Nepal | Kadam [2] |
| Papua New Guinea | Labula [1] |
| France | Kadam [1] |
Geographical Distributions
Anthocephalus chinensis is distributed in Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Indo-China, southern China, Thailand, eastward through Malaysia to New Guinea. [1] This plant occurs mainly in secondary vegetation and along rivers on fertile, often periodically flooded locations up to 1000 m altitude. [1]
Botanical Description
A. chinensis comes from the family of Rubiaceae. It is a medium-sized to large tree that can reach up to 45 m tall. [1]
The bole is straight and cylindrical, branchless for more than 25 m, measures up to 100(-160) cm in diametre but generally less, sometimes with small buttresses up to 2 m high and extending up to 60 cm from the trunk. [1]
The leaves are measure 13-32 cm x 7-15 cm, with acute to acuminate apex and distinctly petiolate with a petiole 2.5-6 cm long. [1]
The flower heads are 3-5 cm wide where the upper part of the ovary is distinctly 4-loculed with 4 hollow cartilagineous structures. [1]
Cultivation
No documentation
Chemical Constituent
No documentation
Plant Part Used
No documentation
Traditional Use
No documentation
Preclinical Data
No documentation
Clinical Data
No documentation
Poisonous Management
No documentation
Line Drawing
References
- Sosef MSM. Anthocephalus chinensis (Lamk) A. Rich. ex Walp. In: Soerianegara I, Lemmens RHMJ, editors. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers. Wageningen, Netherlands: Pudoc Scientific Publishers, 1993; p. 107-108.
- Umberto Q. CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2012. p. 2622.
- Philippine Medicinal Plants. Kaatoan-bangkal. Anthocephalus chinensis (Lamk) A. Rich. ex Walp. [homepage on the Internet] c2014. [updated 2012 August; cited 2015 Apr 28] Available from: http://www.stuartxchange.org/Kaatoan-bangkal.html
