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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Gmelina elliptica Sm. (LAMIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Bulang, Pukang Mata Hari

Description

Evergreen straggly shrub or small tree to 6 m tall with woody thorns. Leaves 4-9 cm long, covered with densely white felt-like hairs below, ovate to lanceolate. Flowers 2-4 cm long, yellow. Fruits c. 1.8 cm long, spherical to obovoid.

Ecology

Scrubby areas especially on sandy soil near the sea.

Distribution

Andaman & Nicobar Is., SE Asia excluding New Guinea.

Uses

Sometimes used a traditional medicine for headache and swellings.