Plant Details

Accepted name:: Litsea penangiana Hook.f. [Lauraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
medang asam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
medang penang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
perawas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Malapoenna penangiana (Hook.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 573 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Litsea penangiana Hook. f.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Litsea penangiana Hook.f.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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