Johor Ethnobotany Database
Paederia foetida L.
Common name: Sekentut
Family: Rubiaceae
Taxonomic classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Class: Dicotyledonae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Paederia
Species: Paederia foetida L.
Discription
Growth Form: It is a climber up to 7 m long and has young parts that are without hair to densely covered with hair. Its leaves smell unpleasant when crushed.
Foliage: Its opposite, stalked leaves have blades that are usually egg- or lance-shaped with a pointed tip, 2–21 by 0.7–9 cm, and have 4–5 pairs of fine veins.
Flowers: Its flowers are white with a violet center, have funnel-shaped corollas that are densely covered with hair. The flowers are arranged in clusters at leaf axils or at the end of flowering branches.
Fruits: Its fruit is slightly round and 4–6 mm wide. Its seed dispersal units (diaspores) are slightly round, 3.5–5.5 by 3–5 mm, black, and without an obvious wing
Habitat
It grows in beaches and forest margins. It occurs locally in Kranji, in the vicinity of Upper Peirce reservoir and other sites
Habit
Vine
Ethnobotanical uses
Medicinal uses:
Jakun
Root - stomachaches
Leaves - headaches
Temuan
- to reduce wind in the stomach