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Chilocarpus vernicosus
Chilocarpus vernicosus
- Botanic Family
- Apocynaceae
- Author
- Blume
Common Names
- Getah Cherit Morei (Malaysia)
Geographical Habitats
- Borneo
- Sumatra - Indonesia
- Johore
- Malacca
- Negri-Sembilan
- Penang
- Perak
- Selangor - Malaysia
- Singapore
Natural Habitats
- Woodland edge
- forest
- swamps
- lowland & hill forest
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Stout glabrous climber, coriaceous leaves to 125mm x 50mm, cymes to 35mm long of small white flowers, calyx to 1.5mm long with bracts, 5 puberulous calyx lobes, yellow corolla tube to 8mm long with lobes to 3mm long, orange more or less ribbed berry 50mm long
Used for snake bite, root a diuretic
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