Record Number
2973
PROSEA Handbook Number
12(3): Medicinal and poisonous plants 3
Taxon
Ziziphus angustifolia (Miq.) Hatus. ex v. Steenis
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Ziziphus in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Ziziphus in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Nova Guinea 3: 13 (1960).
Synonyms
Ziziphus inermis Merr. (1906), Ziziphus forbesii Baker f. (1923), Ziziphus grewioides (Warb.) L.M. Perry ex v. Steenis (1954).
Vernacular Names
Malaysia: kayu labu (Kadazan, Sabah), pasil-pasil (Bajau, Sabah). Papua New Guinea: manenea (Noupan, Buka Island, North Solomons Province). Philippines: ligaa (Bikol, Tagalog).
Distribution
India, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, throughout Malesia (except for Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands) and the Solomon Islands.
Uses
In Papua New Guinea the scraped root barks of Ziziphus angustifolia and a Licuala species are chewed with betel nut (Areca catechu L.) and lime. This is a powerful long-lasting means of contraconception for women.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole up to 40 cm in diameter, branches unarmed; leaves oblong-elliptical to oblong-ovate, 12—20(—30) cm x 3—7 cm, base obtuse to acute, apex acute to acuminate, finely serrate, chartaceous to subcoriaceous; inflorescence an axillary branched cyme up to 3 cm long; flowers 4—6 mm in diameter, greenish to yellowish; fruit a globose to obovoid drupe 1—2 cm in diameter. Ziziphus angustifolia occurs in primary and secondary forests up to 600 m altitude.
Image
 | Ziziphus angustifolia (Miq.) Hatus. ex v. Steenis - 1, flowering twig; 2, flower; 3, fruit |
Selected Sources
[347]Holdsworth, D.K., 1977. Medicinal plants of Papua New Guinea. Technical Paper No 175. South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. 123 pp.
[460]Kessler, P.J.A. (Editor), 2000. Secondary forest trees of Kalimantan, Indonesia. A manual to 300 selected species. Tropenbos Kalimantan Series 3. MOFEC Tropenbos-Kalimantan Project, Wanariset Samboja, Balikpapan, Indonesia. 404 pp.
[877]Soepadmo, E. et al. (Editors), 1995—. Tree flora of Sabah and Sarawak. Sabah Forestry Department, Forest Research Institute Malaysia and Sarawak Forestry Department, Kepong, Malaysia.
[883]Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. & Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors), 1998. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3). Timber trees: Lesser-known timbers. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands. 859 pp.
[460]Kessler, P.J.A. (Editor), 2000. Secondary forest trees of Kalimantan, Indonesia. A manual to 300 selected species. Tropenbos Kalimantan Series 3. MOFEC Tropenbos-Kalimantan Project, Wanariset Samboja, Balikpapan, Indonesia. 404 pp.
[877]Soepadmo, E. et al. (Editors), 1995—. Tree flora of Sabah and Sarawak. Sabah Forestry Department, Forest Research Institute Malaysia and Sarawak Forestry Department, Kepong, Malaysia.
[883]Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. & Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors), 1998. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3). Timber trees: Lesser-known timbers. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands. 859 pp.
Author(s)
Titi Juhaeti
Correct Citation of this Article
Juhaeti, T., 2003. Ziziphus angustifolia (Miq.) Hatus. ex v. Steenis. 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
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