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Sebasah - Aporosa confusa Gage - Phyllantaceae [1]
The leaves (left) and fruits (right) of A. confusa [1]
Other names:
Kayu masam, Janggau (Iban) [1]
General information:
Small tree to 20 m tall[1]
Distinguish botanical characteristics:
Leaf – simple, alternate, narrowly ovate to elliptic, apex acuminate to cuspidate, sparsely hairly below, glabrescent, clear nervation beneath[2]
Fruit – dehiscent capsule, yellow-orange-red, seed with orange aril[2]
Fruit – dehiscent capsule, yellow-orange-red, seed with orange aril[2]
Uses:
Medicinal uses – none reported.
Fruit – edible[2]
Bark – is used as mordant to fix the red colour of noni root in textile dyeing by Iban weavers in Sarawak[3]
Wood – used for house building [2]
Bark – is used as mordant to fix the red colour of noni root in textile dyeing by Iban weavers in Sarawak[3]
Wood – used for house building [2]
Major/bioactive phytochemicals:
None reported.
