Uncaria gambir (W.Hunter) Roxb.

Gambir (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Uncaria

Characteristics

A woody climber. The young stems are square. The main stem has horizontal branches. The leaves are entire and oval. They are 6-15 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 25.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

A tropical plant. In Indonesia it grows between 650-800 m above sea level. It needs continually wet conditions.
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Secondary forests at low elevations.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

It is chewed with betel leaf, betel nut and lime. The leaves are boiled and evaporated and the remaining gambir is chewed with betel nut. The dried ripe fruit are chewed with betel quid.
Uses dye food material medicinal social use
Edible fruits leaves saps
Therapeutic use Astringents (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Astringents (stem), Diarrhea (stem), Astringent (unspecified), Burn (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Masticatory (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Scurf (unspecified), Astringents (unspecified), Leukorrhea (unspecified), Liver diseases (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
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Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 25 - 32
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Productivity -

Images

Uncaria gambir unspecified picture

Distribution

Uncaria gambir world distribution map, present in Bangladesh and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60458896-2
WFO ID wfo-0000329239
COL ID 7DHSD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ourouparia gambir Uncaria gambir Nauclea gambir Uncaria yunnanensis Uruparia gambier Cinchona kattukambar Uncaria gambir var. latifolia