Sterculia lanceolata Cav., Diss. 6: 287, pl. 143, f. 1 1788.
Vietnamese name: Cây sáng sé; Sảng; trôm mề gà, trôm lá mác, trôm thon, che van
Chinese name: 假苹婆 jia ping po
English Name: Lance-leaved Sterculia, Scarlet Sterculia, Fake Sterculia
Latin Name: Sterculia lanceolata Cav.
Synonym Name: Helicteres undulata Lour.; Sterculia balansae Aug. DC.
Family: Sterculiaceae
Description:
Trees. Branchlets at first pilose. Petiole 2.5-3.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic, lanceolate, or elliptic-lanceolate, 9-20 × 3.5-8 cm, abaxially nearly glabrous, adaxially glabrous, lateral veins 7-9 on each side of midrib, curved upward, connected near margin, base obtuse or nearly rounded, apex acute. Inflorescence paniculate, 4-10 cm, densely many-branched. Calyx reddish, divided almost to base, pubescent abaxially, lobes oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 4-6 mm, stellately spreading, margins ciliate, apex obtuse or minutely mucronate. Male flowers: androgynophore 2-3 mm, curved. Anthers ca. 10. Female flowers: ovary globose, hairy. Style curved; stigma minutely 5-lobed. Follicle red when fresh, narrowly ovoid or ellipsoid, 5-7 × 2-2.5 cm, 2-4-seeded, densely puberulent, base attenuate, apex beaked. Seeds black-brown, ellipsoid-ovoid, ca. 1 cm. Flowering: April to June.
Habitat/ecology: Usually near streams
Distribution: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Chemistry: Tannin, gum.
Part Used: Medical part: leaves. Chinese name: Honglangsan.
Harvest & Processing: Collected leaves in summer and autumn, used fresh or sundried.
Properties & Actions: Pungent, warm. Dissipating stasis and relieving pain.
Indications & Usage: Injuries from falls, swelling pain. Oral administration: decocting, 6-12g. External application: appropriate amount, prepared decoction for washing.
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