Uvaria littoralis (Blume) Blume
Null / Pepisang/Lampung (Indo.)
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Traditional Medicinal Uses
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Terrestrial branching shrub or woody climber that can reach up to 4 m tall. Leaves are simple, in alternate position, somewhat leathery and large. Leaf blade is oval to oblong, cuspidate or apiculate at apex, cordate or rounded at base with entire margin and pinnate venation. Flowers are red to dark EroZn. Inflorescence a c\me at leaf axils. Fruit an apocarp consisting of
Leaves are either eaten as salad or made into infusion as remedy for high blood pressure. It exhibits wound healing, antitumour, cytotoxic, antioxidant, anti-ulcer and radioprotective
It prefers moist but well- drained loamy soil under full sunlight to partial shade. It can be found in lowland forests.
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Native to Southeast Asia.
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