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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

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