| BRIEF DESCRIPTION A large woody, entirely glabrous climber up to 40 m long and with a stem diameter up to 5 cm. The roots are spongy and flexile, the bark greyish and the leaves entire, elliptic to ovate, 10-28 cm long. USES The roots and stems have medicinal properties. The stem yield a yellow dye used for dying mattings made from rattan and colouring cloth. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. COMMON NAMES Areuy gember, Huang T'eng, Peron, Akar mangkedun, Sekunyit, Akar kunyit, War birar, Kam-phaeng chetchan, Kamin krua, Kumin kua, Hoang dang, Nam hoang nhuom. FURTHER INF Areuy gember occurs widespread in South-East Asia. It is usually found in lowland forest, primary as well as disturbed, at elevations up to 1200 m. It occurs in dry evegreen forest and peat swamp forest, or in association with bamboo and shrubby vegetation, along river banks and in logged forest. |