Mallotus paniculatus (Lamk) Müll. Arg.
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms
Croton paniculatus Lamk, Mallotus cochinchinensis Lour.
Vernacular Names
| Malaysia | Balek angin (Peninsular), mallotus balabakan (Sabah). |
| English | Turn-in-the-wind. |
| Indonesia | Calik angin (Sundanese), tutup awu, tutup kancil (Javanese). |
| Philippines | Anaplan (Bukidnon). |
| Laos | ‘khi2 thao1, lat koua, luat ma2. |
| Thailand | Saet (Peninsular), sate-ton (North-eastern), soi daao (South-eastern). |
| Vietnam | b[uj]c b[aj]c, ba b[es]t nam b[ooj], bai b[as]i. |
Geographical Distributions
Mallotus paniculatus is distributed throughout India, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, M. paniculatus is also occurs throughout Malesia except the Lesser Sunda Islands, and north-eastern Australia.
Description
M. paniculatus is a shrub or small to medium-sized that can reach tree up to measure 20 m tall.
The leaves are arranged spirally, rhombic or ovate in shape, often tricuspidate or 3-lobed, whitish-felted below and usually they are not peltate.
The fruit is slightly spherical in shape, whitish-felted and with scattered processes.
Ecology / Cultivation
M. paniculatus is a common in evergreen forest and in scrub vegetation, its can occurs up to 1500m altitude.
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References
- Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 12 (3): Medicinal and poisonous plants 3.
