Connarus monocarpus L.
Family
Connaraceae
Synonyms
Connarus oligophyllus Wallich ex Planchon.
Vernacular Names
| Malaysia | Akar tulang daeng, lelemak, merensa (Peninsular). |
| Indonesia | Ki carang areuy (Sundanese), feu feuw (Sumatra), akar kunjal (Bangka). |
| Philippines | Bago-bago (Panay Bisaya), ongali (Samar-Leyte Bisaya). |
| Thailand | Thopthaep (Pattani). |
Geographical Distributions
Its distribution is from Sri Lanka, Eastern India, southern Thailand and throughout Malesia except the Moluccas and New Guinea.
Description
C. monocarpus is a large liana that can reach up to 40 m long with stem up to 15 cm in diametre but rarely as a shrub or small tree.
Leaves are with (3-)5-9 leaflets. The leaflets are egg-shaped-elliptical to lance-shaped with a size of 4-14 cm x 2.5-7 cm and hairless.
The petals are 6-10 mm long with both sides are densely but minutely covered with short soft hairs.
The 3-5 cm long fruit is obliquely spindle-shaped to obliquely ellipsoid, with thin and coriaceous pericarp while apical is mucro.
Ecology / Cultivation
C. monocarpus occurs in primary and secondary forest, also in more open locations and on limestone rock, up to 600 m altitude.
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References
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Plant Resources of South-East Asia No.12(3): Medicinal and poisonous plants 3.
