Fibraurea

Fibraurea
Fibraurea tinctoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Menispermaceae
Subfamily:	Chasmantheroideae
Genus:	Fibraurea Lour., 1790 [1]

Fibraurea is an Asian plant genus in the family Menispermaceae. ^[2]

Species

Plants of the World Online includes: ^[2]

1. Fibraurea darshanii Udayan & K.Ravik.: India (Karnataka, Kerala)
2. Fibraurea recisa Pierre: southern China, Indo-China (in Việt Nam hoàng đằng) - herbal
3. Fibraurea tinctoria Lour. (type species; synonyms: Fibraurea chloroleuca (Miers), Fibraurea fasciculata (Miers), Fibraurea laxa (Miers), Fibraurea trotteri (Watt), Fibraurea manipurensisBrace ex Diels): India, Indo-China, Malesia including Borneo.

No longer included in this genus:

• Fibraurea elliptica (Yamamoto) = Haematocarpus subpeltatusMerr.: (Luzon, Philippines).
• Fibraurea haematocarpusHook.f. & Thomson = Haematocarpus validus (prev. H. thomsonii) Miers

Medicine

Fibraurea tinctoria, known locally as akar kuning, is used by Sumatran Oragutan as a pain-reliever, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal. ^[3]

References

1. de Loureir J (1790) Fl. Cochinch. 2: 600, 626.
2. Plants of the World Online: Fibraurea Lour. (retrieved 2 April 2024)
3. Bartels, Meghan (May 2, 2024). "Wild Orangutan Uses Herbal Medicine to Treat His Wound". Scientific American. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

External links

• Data related to Fibraurea at Wikispecies
• Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A.; Didžiulis V., eds. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 12 January 2018.