Nephelium lappaceum L.
Rambutan / Rambutan (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
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Terrestrial evergreen tree that can reach up to 25 m tall. Leaves are alternately arranged, pinnately compound, glabrous, smooth and shiny. Leaflets are oppositely arranged and turn reddish brown when dry. Leaf blade is elliptic to obovate, acuminate to truncate at apex, cuneate at base with entire margin and reticulate or scalariform venation. Stems are woody, grayish-brown, circular and wrinkled. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers are small, white or yellow to green. Fruit a broadly ellipsoid, reddish-yellow capsule. Seeds are surrounded by a whitish,
The roots are chewed together with Areca catechu (areca palm), Allium cepa (onion) and Nigella sativa (fennel flowers, black cumin) to treat lower abdominal pain. The poultice is scrubbed on the lower abdomen. The leaves are pounded into a paste and applied to the head to relieve headache. Leaf decoction is applied topically to skin to treat irritation. The herb is made into a herbal bath as a remedy for stroke and gout. The plant displays anticyanobacterial and antileishmanial
It grows in lowland humid forests and on hillsides. It prefers fertile loamy soil under sunny condition.
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Native to Borneo.
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