Litsea elliptica Blume
Null / Medang pawas (Bru.)(Dus); Libas/Medang libas (Ib.); Pawas (Tut.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
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Perennial tree that can grow up to 44 m tall. Leaves are simple, alternately arranged, glabrous and thinly leathery. Leaf blade is elliptic, acute or cuspidate at apex, rounded or cuneate at base with entire margin and pinnate venation. Outer barks are brownish grey and smooth while the inner barks possess a strong spicy smell and are pinkish. Inflorescence a cyme arising at leaf axils. Flowers are whitish-yellow and hairy. Fruit an elliptic or globose, red
The fresh leaves are soaked into warm water as herbal bath which is often used for children that suffer from jaundice. Antiarthritic, antibacterial, antimalarial and antioxidant
It is usually found growing in the forests. It prefers full sunlight to partial shade.
Seeds and stem cutting.
Distributed throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo,
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