Stixis obtusifolia
| Stixis obtusifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Resedaceae |
| Genus: | Stixis |
| Species: | S. obtusifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Stixis obtusifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill.
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Stixis obtusifolia is a shrub or liana in the Resedaceae family. It is found in parts of Southeast Asia. The wood is used as fuel, the leaves as a tea.
Description[edit]
This species grows as a deciduous shrub or liana.[2] [3] It has silvery stems and branches. Leaves are simple, the adult leaves are glabrous, though occasionally with a few hairs on the nerves.[4] The gynophore is shorter than 5mm and hairy, the ovary is glabrous.
Flowering occurs from November to March, fruiting from January to April.[3]
Distribution[edit]
This Southeast Asian species grows in the following countries: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.[1]
Habitat, ecology[edit]
The plant grows in degraded formations.[2]
In the vegetation communities alongside the Mekong in Kratie and Steung Treng Provinces, Cambodia, this taxa is rare in the degraded areas of the riverine community.[3] It grows on soils derived from metamorphic sandstone bedrock, at 20-25m altitude.
Vernacular names[edit]
Aw krâpë (av kraboe, ao krâpoeu) (aw="skin", krâpë="crocodile", Khmer) is a name used in Cambodia.[2][5]
Uses[edit]
The wood furnishes firewood.[2] The leaves can give a tea-like drink
History[edit]
Henri Ernest Baillon (1827–95), a French botanist and physician, described the species in 1887 in the journal Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris (Paris).[6]
Further reading[edit]
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- T. Smitinand & K. Larsen, eds. (1987). Flora of Thailand 5: 1-470. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Stixis obtusifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill". Plants of the World Online (POWO). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. pp. 14, 15.
- ^ a b c Maxwell, James F. (2009). "Vegetation and vascular flora of the Mekong River, Kratie and Steung Treng Provinces, Cambodia" (PDF). Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology. 3 (1): 143–211. ISSN 1905-7873. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Shen, Jian-Yong; Landrein, Sven; Wang, Wen-Guang; Ma, Xing-Da; Shi, Ji-Pu (2020). "Stixis villiflora, a new species of Resedaceae from Yunnan, China" (PDF). Taiwania. 65 (1): 10‒14. doi:10.6165/tai.2020.65.10. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Lewitz, S.; Rollet, B. (1973). "Lexique des noms d'arbres et d'arbustes du Cambodge". Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient. 60: 117–62. doi:10.3406/befeo.1973.5144. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Stixis obtusifolia Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris i. (1887) 654". International Plant Name Index (IPNI). The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 February 2021.