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Habitat

Polyalthia bullata King

Kingdom: Plantae

   Phylum: Tracheophyta

      Class: Magnoliopsida

         Order: Magnoliales

            Family: Annonaceae

               Genus: Polyalthia

                  Species: Polyalthia bullata King

Taxonomic classification
Discription

Growth Form: shrub, up to 3 m tall. Its young twigs are covered with golden hairs.

 

Foliage: leaves are lance-shaped or oblong-lance-shaped with a size of 28-37 cm x 3-12 cm, deeply cordate and auricle at base. The leaves are papery or thinly leathery and bullate. The petiole is 3-5 mm long and stout.

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Flower: solitary or 2-3 together opposite the leaves and linear petals, which are about 2.5 cm long.

 

Fruit: spherical, about 1 cm in diametre while the stalk is about 0.5 cm long and 2-seeded.

Common name: Tongkat Ali Hitam

Local name (Jakun): Akar penawar hitam

Local name (Temuan): Tongkat Ali hitam

Family: Annonaceae

Lowland forest

Habit

Shrub

Ethnobotanical uses

Medicinal uses:

Jakun

Root - for men's dysfunction, aches and pains

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Temuan

Root - inner energy

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