Kampung Beting, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.Specimen growing wild in a thicket mixed with other vegetations. Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps syn. Quisqualis indica L. Combretaceae. CN: [Malay - Akar dani, Akar cucur atap, Akar setanduk], Chinese honeysuckle, Rangoon creeper. Creeper is found in thickets or secondary forests of the Philippines, India and Malaysia. It has since been cultivated and naturalized in tropical areas. The plant is mainly used for traditional medicine. Decoctions of the root, seed or fruit can be used as antihelmintic to expel parasitic worms or for alleviating diarrhea. Fruit decoction can also be used for gargling. The fruits are also used to combat nephritis. Leaves can be used to relieve pain caused by fever. The roots are used to treat rheumatism. Synonym/s:Quisqualis indica L.Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?412158en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quisqualis_indica
Family: CombretaceaeLocal name(Telugu): Bandamurgudu, pottangi, Banda puvvu.Distribution: Found in hill side forests, Found in South east Asia and MalaysiaLarge straggling shrubs, looking elegant in bloom, Branchlets tomentose, Leaves opposite,elliptic-ovate, base obtuse or subcordate, tomentose beneath, Flowers light green in dense axillary or terminal racemes;Calyx tube 5 partite, lobes recurved, persistant, petals 0, stamens 10 in 2 whorls adnate to calyx lobes, short 5 stamens opposite and long 5 alternate to calyx lobes, ovary inferior 1 celled, ovules 3, stigma simple. Fruit one seeded. Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao
