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Cnestis palala

Scientific Name
Cnestis palala
Family Name
Connaraceae
Common Names
Local Names
Garing-garing, sembelit merah, sembelit kecil (peninsular) (Malaysia)
Description
A small to large liana up to 25m long, or a shrub, often with climbing branches, rarelya small tree up to 10m tall; branchlets densely brown-pubescent, later more or lessglabrescent. Leaves imparipinnate, 6-21-jugate; petiole 1-7cm long; stipules absent;lateral leaflets narrowly ovate or narrowly oblong to ovate or oblong, (1-)1.5-8cm x0.7-2.5cm, terminal leaflet narrowly elliptical or narrowly obovate to elliptical orobovate, 3-8cm x 1-3cm, leaflets densely pilose below; petiolules 0.5-1.5mm long.Inflorescence an axillary raceme or panicle, on older branches, densely yellowish-brown pubescent, up to 35-flowered. Flowers bisexual, regular, 5-merous, obscurelyheterodistylous; pedicel articulated; sepals narrowly ovate to narrowly oblong, 2-5mmlong; petals ovate or elliptical to narrowly oblong, (0.5-)2-4(-5)mm long, white tocreamy; stamens 10, slightly differing in length in the 2 whorls; carpels 5, free,superior. Fruit consisting of 1-3 ellipsoid to pyriform follicles 2.5-6cm long, denselyreddish-hairy outside and with long yellowish hairs inside, each follicle 1-seeded.Seed ovoid, 1.5-3cm long, black, with an arilloid at base; cotyledons thin, veined;endosperm abundant. Cnestis consists of 13 species, all restricted to Africa (includingMadagascar and the Mascarenne Islands) except the Asiatic Cnestis palala. Cnestispalala is a variable species, in leaf characteristics as well as in the shape and size ofinflorescences, petals and follicles. Several distinct species have been distinguishedfor South-East Asia, but these are connected by intermediates. Cnestis palala sharesits extreme variability with many other Connaraceae species both in Asia and Africa.(Malaysia)
Uses
Chronic, colitis, obstruction, urinary troubles, malaria, tonic, anti choleric, stroke,clotting, fomentation, gonorrhea, dysentery, scabies, wounds, poison, stomach ache,tooth ache (Malaysia)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Cnestis palala (GRIN)

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