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Harrisonia perforata (Blanco) Merr.

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Harrisonia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Philipp. Journ. Sci., Bot. 7: 236 (1912).

Harrisonia paucijuga Oliv. (1868), Harrisonia bennettii Benn. (1875).

Indonesia: sesepang (Lampung), garut (Sundanese), ri kengkeng (Javanese). Malaysia: kait-kait (Murut, Sabah). Philippines: asimau, mamikil (Tagalog), muntani (Bisaya). Laos: dok kin ta. Thailand: khonthaa (Central), naam chee (Northern). Vietnam: s[aa]n, da da, h[ar]i s[ow]n.

Harrisonia perforata is found in the drier parts from Burma (Myanmar) eastward through Thailand to Indo-China and the Philippines, southward to Peninsular Malaysia (Perlis), South Sumatra, Borneo (Sabah), Sulawesi, Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

In Indonesia, young shoots are considered a remedy against diarrhoea. In the Philippines, a decoction of the root bark is recommended in the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery as well as against cholera. In Indo-China, ashes of the roasted leaves mixed with oil or simply crushed leaves are applied to relieve itch. In Thailand, the dried root is considered antipyretic and anti-inflammatory, it is used in wound healing and in the treatment of diarrhoea. The stems are also employed in the treatment of diarrhoea.

A scandent to erect prickly shrub up to 4(—6) m tall, leaves imparipinnate up to 20 cm long, with 1—15 pairs of leaflets; petiole 5—30 mm long; stipulate thorns slightly recurved, accrescent to 7 mm; leaflets rhomboid to ovate-lanceolate, 10—20 mm x 5—15 mm, subentire to lobed, rachis narrowly winged; inflorescence 8—20-flowered, flowers (4—)5-merous, pedicellate, calyx small, lobes triangular, petals lanceolate, 6—9 mm x 2—4 mm, red outside, pale red to white inside, stamens (8—)10, anthers 1.5—4.5 mm long, filaments 7—10 mm long, at base with a ligule which is densely woolly at the margin, disk cup-shaped, ovary slightly lobed, styles 5—8 mm long, pubescent; fruit a berry, 4—9 mm x 11—15 mm, exocarp coriaceous, at least 1 mm thick, endocarp hard, without suture.

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R. Kiew

Kiew, R., 2001. Harrisonia perforata (Blanco) Merr.. In: van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H. and Bunyapraphatsara, N. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 12(2): Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea