Friday, June 7, 2024

Desmos chinensis Lour.

Family: Annonaceae

Synonym: Unona chinensis (Lour.) DC.

Habit: Climber

Habitat: Semi-evergreen forests

Flowering & Fruiting: April-October

Distribution: India: North East Region, Peninsular India; China, Nepal, Phillipines

Key identification features: Scandent shrubs;. Leaves alternate, elliptic, ovate or oblong-lanceolate. Flowers extra-axillary or leaf-opposed, greenish-yellow, fragrant; slender, pubescent; Fruitlets ovoid, beaked.

Uses: The decoction of roots is used to treat dysentery.

 


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