Fibraurea tinctoria

Fibraurea tinctoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Menispermaceae
Genus:	Fibraurea
Species:	F. tinctoria
Binomial name
Fibraurea tinctoria Lour. [1]
Synonyms [1]
Cocculus fibraureaDC. Fibraurea chloroleucaMiers Fibraurea fasciculataMiers Fibraurea laxaMiers Fibraurea manipurensisBrace ex Diels Fibraurea trotteriWatt ex Diels Menispermum tinctoriumSpreng. Tinomiscium nicobaricumN.P.Balakr.

Fibraurea tinctoria is a species of flowering plant in the family Menispermaceae . ^{[2] [3]} It is native to Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Nicobar Islands, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam, where it grows in wet tropical areas. ^[1] It is considered locally common. ^[4] It fruits in April and May, producing yellow-orange drupes. ^[4] Common names for this plant include yellow root (East Kalimantan), akar palo^{[ what language is this? ]} (Aceh), and akar kuning (Indonesian) (Central Kalimantan). ^[5]

Research

The plant is used in Indonesian traditional medicine, primarily because it contains berberine, an isoquinoline alkaloid under preliminary research to identify its possible properties. ^{[6] [ 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. ^[5] 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." ^{[5] [7]}

References

1. "Fibraurea tinctoria Lour". Plants of the World Online. kew.org. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
2. "Fibraurea tinctoria Lour". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
3. "Fibraurea tinctoria". iNaturalist. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
4. "Fibraurea tinctoria Lour". World Flora Online (WFO). 2024. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
5. Laumer, Isabelle B.; Rahman, Arif; Rahmaeti, Tri; et al. (2 May 2024). "Active self-treatment of a facial wound with a biologically active plant by a male Sumatran orangutan". Scientific Reports. 14 (1): 8932. Bibcode:2024NatSR..14.8932L. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-58988-7. ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   11066025 . PMID   38698007.
6. Purwaningsih, Indah; Maksum, Iman Permana; Sumiarsa, Dadan; et al. (29 January 2023). "A Review of Fibraurea tinctoria and Its Component, Berberine, as an Antidiabetic and Antioxidant". Molecules. 28 (3): 1294. doi: 10.3390/molecules28031294 . ISSN   1420-3049. PMC   9919506 . PMID   36770960.
7. Davis, Nicola (2 May 2024). "Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animals". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.

External links

• Media related to Fibraurea tinctoria at Wikimedia Commons