Lepisanthes rubiginosa
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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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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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b Wilkinson, Richard James (1932). "mĕrtajam". A Malay-English dictionary (romanised). Vol. II. Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis. p. 137 – via TROVE, National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Adema, F.; Leenhouts, P.W.; van Welzen, P.C. (1994). "Sapindaceae". Flora Malesiana. 11 (3): 419–768 – via Naturalis Institutional Repository.
- ^ a b c "Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh". Flora & Fauna Web. National Parks Board. 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Burkill, I. H.; Mohamed Haniff (April 1930). "Malay Village Medicine" (PDF). The Gardens' Bulletin. VI (6–10): 165–321 – via National University of Singapore.
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