Ventilago denticulata Willd.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Ventilago

Characteristics

A woody climber or shrub. The stems are ribbed. The branches have fine hairs. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-13 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They taper to the tip. There are rounded teeth along the edge. The young leaves are hairy. The fruit are about 2.5 cm long. The nut is 5-6 mm across and the lower half is enclosed in a cup. It has wings.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in the tropics. It grows up to 400 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The seeds yield a fatty oil used for cooking. The seeds are also cooked and eaten.
Uses food material medicinal oil
Edible roots seeds
Therapeutic use Malaria (bark), Pain (bark), Pruritus (bark), Skin diseases (bark), Sprains and strains (bark), Cooling effect on body (bark), Deafness (plant exudate), Appetite stimulants (root), Arthralgia (root), Diuretics (root), Dyspepsia (root), Flatulence (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Cooling effect on body (root), Malaria (shoot), Pain (shoot), Cough (stem), Deafness (unspecified), Sprain (unspecified), Arthralgia (unspecified), Asthenia (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Cooling effect on body (unspecified)
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Distribution

Ventilago denticulata world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:719117-1
WFO ID wfo-0000418397
COL ID 7FLFG
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Ventilago macrantha Ventilago smithiana Ventilago sulphurea Ventilago denticulata Ventilago denticulata var. acuta Ventilago denticulata var. bifida