Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.
Ngai Camphor Plant / Daun sembong (Bru.); Chapa/Chapor (M.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Perennial tree that can reach up to 55 m high. Leaves are simple, oppositely or suboppositely arranged, smooth, thickly leathery and light green. Leaf blade is ovate- lanceolate turning elliptic or ovate when mature, acute at apex, cuneate at base with entire margin and parallel venation. Stems contain clear resin when bruised. Barks are greyish to light brown to black, rough and scaly. Mature pollen cones are oblong.
The plant is used to treat mild and gastric pain. The leaves and shoots are often eaten as vegetable with other mild ingredients to mask the pungent taste. The plant possesses antioxidant, antimicrobial, antihypersensitive, antimutagenic and antiinflammator\
It thrives in open grasslands, on dr\ Àelds on slopes along roadsides in forests and sometimes in wet places on river banks. It prefers moist but well-drained soil under sunny position.
Stem cutting.
Native of Southeast Asia but is distributed throughout tropical Asia.
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