Lepionurus sylvestris Blume

Shrub, usually less than 2 m, rarely up to 6 m. Leaves extremely variable in shape, (5.5-) 10-16 (-25) by (1.5-) 3-7 (-9) cm, ratio 2-4 (-10), widest above, at, or below the middle: obovate, oblong, lanceolate or ovate; apex acutely acuminate, base shortly attenuate or attenuate; (5-) 8-10 (-13) pairs of nerves, midrib and side-nerves often prominent beneath; petiole 1-5 (-8) mm. Racemes 1-8 (-17) per axil; rachis erect, drooping or pendulous, 2-5 cm (in fruit up to 6 cm). Bracts broadly ovate, acuminate or apiculate, 4-5 (-7.5) by 3-5 (-8) mm. Flowers 3 per bract, on a tubercle, without bracteoles; pedicels 1-2 mm. Tepals united, tube 0.5 mm long, resting on the cupular hypanthium. Perianth yellowish, 2-4.5 mm across; segments patent, ovate, acute. Stamens inserted below the margin of the disk, as long as the perianth tube; anthers oval, 0.5 mm long. Pistil c. 1 mm long. Drupe resting on the thickened disk, orange-red, 9-16 by 6-10 mm; pedicel 2-2.5 mm, thick, seemingly longer through the enlarged tubercle on the thickened rachis. Embryo nearly as long as the seed, radicle about half as long as the cotyledons.

Usually in evergreen forest, locally common undergrowth, from sea level up to 1250 m, rarely up to 2000 m (Sumatra). Fl. fr. Jan-Dec.

Uses. In Peninsular Thailand the roots are locally used for a medicine against fever. In Pahang (Malaya) a poultice of the plant or of the root is applied for headache (BURKILL, 1935).

Plants can be grown from seeds.