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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Limahlania crenulata (Maingay ex C.B.Clarke) K.M.Wong & M.Sugumaran (GENTIANACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Cabbage-Tree, Malabera, Berah

Description

Evergreen or partly deciduous tree to 20 m tall with distinctive pagoda-shaped crown and open horizontal branching. Trunk armed with sharp prickles when young. Leaves 18-40 long, opposite, broadly obovate. Flowers 3-4 cm long, funnel-shaped, creamy yellow in dense terminal clusters. Fruits 2-3 cm long, ellipsoid, dull green.

Ecology

Open swampy grounds near coast.

Distribution

Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

Uses

The timber is used for pilings. Sometimes planted as ornamental. The leaves are sometimes used to wrap food, particularly fresh meat.