Polyscias scutellaria (Burm.f.) Fosberg
Cup-leaved Papua / Semangkok (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Terrestrial shrub or small tree that can grow up to 6 m high. Leaves are pinnately compound with saucer shaped, thick and papery or suEleather\ leaflets. /eaf Elade is broadly elliptic to ovate, rounded at apex, cordate at base with sub-entire or toothed margin. Stems are much- branching and erect. Flowers are small and pale green. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Fruit a subglobose
Locally, the roots are soaked in warm water as herbal bath to treat mental disorder such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) or locally known as ‘Uri’. The leaves are pounded with rhizomes of Curcuma longa (Kunyit biasa) as a poultice and attached externally to the abdominal area as remedy for after childbirth. The roots are pounded with Areca catechu (areca palm) and boiled with water. The resultant decoction is taken as remedy for
It prefers moist but well- drained soils under full sun to partial shade.
Seeds and stem cutting.
Native to the Southwest 3aciÀc Islands.
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