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Merlimau/Rawang - Maclurodendron porteri (Hook.f.) T.G. Hartley - Rutaceae [1]
Synonym:
Acronychia porteri Hook.f.[1]
Other names:
Api tujuh longgok, Rawang[1].
General information:
Small to medium tree up to 25 m tall[2].
Distinguish botanical characteristics:
Leaf – opposite, unifoliolate, obovate to oblanceolate, <10 wide, <24 cm long, secondary vein and reticulation not prominent[2]
Branchlets – pale to dark brown, glabrous[2]
Flowers – unisexual, imbricate, green to yellow to white[2]
Fruit – syncarpus, shallowly 4 lobes, subglobose, 8-11 mm wide, apiculate[2]
Branchlets – pale to dark brown, glabrous[2]
Flowers – unisexual, imbricate, green to yellow to white[2]
Fruit – syncarpus, shallowly 4 lobes, subglobose, 8-11 mm wide, apiculate[2]
Uses:
Wood – for construction[3]
Major/bioactive phytochemicals:
Leaves – Alkaloids – haplophytin B, skimmianine, kokusaginine[4]
References:
[1] https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/40823
[2] Hartley, T.G. (1982). Gard. Bull. Singapore, 35(1), 8
[3] https://www.herbal-organic.com/en/herb/259716
[4] Taher, M. et al. (2014). Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., 27(1), 179-181.
SK & NMH, 2022
