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Aglaonema simplex Blume

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

Rumphia 1: 152, pl. 36D, 65 (1837).

Aglaonema angustifolium N.E.Br. (1895), Aglaonema latius Alderw. (1922).

Indonesia: wetune (Moluccas). Malaysia: sumpuh bulan, sumpuh kering, penggeheh (Peninsular). Thailand: waan ngot hin (Trang).

Southern Burma (Myanmar), peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, Sulawesi, the Moluccas and the Philippines.

In Malaysia, a decoction of the roots is drunk to treat fever and dropsy. Aglaonema simplex is cultivated as an ornamental, also as a pot plant.

An erect herb up to 120 cm tall; leaves obtuse, rounded or subtruncate at base, not variegated, margin of petiole usually with a membranous margin; spathe elongate, spadix cylindrical, about as long as spathe. Aglaonema simplex occurs in primary and secondary forest, in shady and humid locations, up to 1500(—2000) m altitude.

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[678]Nicolson, D.H., 1969. A revision of the genus Aglaonema (Araceae). Smithsonian contributions to botany 1969, no 1. 69 pp.
[731]Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.

Francisca Murti Setyowati

Setyowati, F.M., 2003. Aglaonema simplex Blume. In: Lemmens, R.H.M.J. and Bunyapraphatsara, N. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 12(3): Medicinal and poisonous plants 3. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea