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Micromelum minutum

Scientific Name
Micromelum minutum
Family Name
Rutaceae
Common Names
Lime berry
Local Names
Chememar, cherek, kematu (peninsular). (Malaysia)
Description
A small to medium-sized, unarmed tree up to 20m tall, with stem up to 15cm indiameter; twigs and buds densely short hairy. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, up to30cm long including petiole with 9-15 alternate leaflets; stipules absent; leafletsovate-lanceolate, 3-12cm x 1.5-6cm, base obtuse and asymmetrical, apex attenuate-acuminate, rarely obtuse or emarginate, margin entire to irregularly undulate-crenate;petiolule 3-5mm long. Inflorescence terminal, cymose-paniculate, (3-)15-20cm long.Flowers bisexual, 5-merous, calyx cupular, shallowly 5-toothed; petals valvate, linear-oblong, 7mm x 1.5mm, pale green to yellowish-white, densely appressed hairyoutside; stamens 10; ovary superior, cylindrical, hairy, 5-celled, cells bi-ovulate, witha twisting of the radial follicle walls. Fruit an ellipsoid, oblong berry, 6-10mm long,with 1-3 developed locules, each one-seeded. Seed glabrate, yellow to red when ripe,with flat and folded cotyledons. Seedling with epigeal germination; emergentcotyledons green; hypocotyl elongated. (Malaysia)
Uses
Infantile, convulsions, febrifuge, diarrhoea, carminative, tooth ache, stomach ache,headache, cough, scabies, sore throat, menstrual disorders, gonorrhea, thrush, tonic,skin (Malaysia)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Micromelum minutum (GRIN)

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