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Botany
An erect shrub
or small tree, up to a height of 6 - 14 feet. Leaves are oblong
or ovate, 10-15 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, felty and harsh to touch,
gray or chalkly white3 beneath and green on the other side; pointed
at the apex, broadly rounded and 3-nerved at the base. The flowers
are capitate, on 8 mm peduncles, single or clustered, 1 cm in
diameter. Male flowers are white on short pedicles. Fruiting
heads are dark green, nearly spherical, with compressed achenes.
Distribution
In thickets and
secondary forests, at low and medium altitudes.
Parts
used
Roots
Uses
Folkloric
Decoction of roots used
for phthisis, coughs, headache and gastralgia.
In Malaysia, decoction
of leaves used for diabetes, high blood pressure and lumbago.
Nutrition
• High Magnesium Content: Teh Kampung
(Leucosyke capitellata) leaves are particularly high in magnesium (626
mg/100 g).
Others
Bark used for its strong
bast fibers in making ropes.
In the Quezon area, the leaves, with its one-sided roughness, used for
scouring pots and pans.
Availability
Wild-crafted. |
