Fibraurea tinctoria | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Menispermaceae |
Genus: | Fibraurea |
Species: | F. tinctoria
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Binomial name | |
Fibraurea tinctoria Lour., 1790
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Fibraurea tinctoria is a species of flowering plant [1] native to South Asia, where it grows in wet tropical areas between India and the Philippines. [2] It is considered locally common. [3] It fruits in April and May, producing yellow-orange drupes. [3] Common names for this plant include yellow root ( East Kalimantan), akar palo[ what language is this?] ( Aceh), and akar kuning[ what language is this?] ( Central Kalimantan). [4]
The plant is used in Indonesian traditional medicine, primarily because it contains berberine, an isoquinoline alkaloid under preliminary research to identify its possible properties. [5][ better source needed]
During a field observation, a male Sumatran orangutan, known to researchers as Rakus, chewed vine leaves and applied the masticated plant material to an open wound on his face. [4] According to primatologists who had been observing Rakus at a nature preserve, "Five days later the facial wound was closed, while within a few weeks it had healed, leaving only a small scar". [4] [6]
Fibraurea tinctoria | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Menispermaceae |
Genus: | Fibraurea |
Species: | F. tinctoria
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Binomial name | |
Fibraurea tinctoria Lour., 1790
|
Fibraurea tinctoria is a species of flowering plant [1] native to South Asia, where it grows in wet tropical areas between India and the Philippines. [2] It is considered locally common. [3] It fruits in April and May, producing yellow-orange drupes. [3] Common names for this plant include yellow root ( East Kalimantan), akar palo[ what language is this?] ( Aceh), and akar kuning[ what language is this?] ( Central Kalimantan). [4]
The plant is used in Indonesian traditional medicine, primarily because it contains berberine, an isoquinoline alkaloid under preliminary research to identify its possible properties. [5][ better source needed]
During a field observation, a male Sumatran orangutan, known to researchers as Rakus, chewed vine leaves and applied the masticated plant material to an open wound on his face. [4] According to primatologists who had been observing Rakus at a nature preserve, "Five days later the facial wound was closed, while within a few weeks it had healed, leaving only a small scar". [4] [6]