Alyxia reinwardtii
Dublin Core
Title
Alyxia reinwardtii
Subject
Taxonomy
Phylum :Tracheophyta
Class :Magnoliopsida
Order :Gentianales
Family :Apocynaceae
Genus :Alyxia
Species :Alyxia reinwardtii
Phylum :Tracheophyta
Class :Magnoliopsida
Order :Gentianales
Family :Apocynaceae
Genus :Alyxia
Species :Alyxia reinwardtii
Synonyms
Alyxia aromatica Reinw. ex A.DC., Alyxia calcicola Markgr., Alyxia cinerea Bakh.f., Alyxia flavescens Pierre ex Pit., Alyxia forbesii King & Gamble, Alyxia jasminae Tsiang & P.T.Li, Alyxia kerrii Mabb., Alyxia kurzii Burkill, Alyxia lucida Wall., Alyxia lucida var. meiantha Stapf, Alyxia nitens Kerr, Alyxia odorata Wall. ex G.Don, Alyxia oleifera var. tenuifolia Ridl., Alyxia pisiformis Pierre ex Pit., Alyxia pumila Hook.f., Alyxia quinata Miq., Alyxia reinwardtii var. cinerea (Bakh.f.) Markgr., Alyxia reinwardtii var. insularis Markgr., Alyxia reinwardtii var. latifolia (Blume) Bakh.f., Alyxia reinwardtii var. meiantha (Stapf) Markgr., Alyxia reinwardtii var. obovaluta Markgr., Alyxia reinwardtii var. pumila (Hook.f.) Markgr., Alyxia stellata var. latifolia Blume, Alyxia winckelii Bakh.f., Gynopogon brevifolius Kurz, Gynopogon flavescens Pierre [Invalid], Gynopogon pisiformis Pierre [Invalid], Gynopogon pumilus (Hook.F.) K. Schum., Gynopogon reinwardtii (Blume) Koord., Pulassarium breviflorum (Kurz) Kuntze, Pulassarium flavescens Pierre [Invalid], Pulassarium odoratum (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze, Pulassarium pisiforme Pierre [Invalid], Pulassarium pumilum (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Pulassarium quinatum (Miq.) Kuntze.
Common name
Mempelasari, pulasari, akar bagan, alyxia cinnamon, forbes alyxia
Description
Characteristics
A climbing shrub freely branching with younger branches quadrangular and pubescent. They are covered with smooth, shining, brown or mahagony-coloured bark.
A climbing shrub freely branching with younger branches quadrangular and pubescent. They are covered with smooth, shining, brown or mahagony-coloured bark.
Morphology
Leaves
Opposite and in young branches are quatern, obovate, acute, sometimes obtuse, coriaceous, shining above and smooth. They measure 7.5-10 cm long.
Flowers
Small, yellowish white, fragrant, pubescent and in corymbs appearing axillary. The bracts are linear and villous. The calyx is villous and deeply divided into five linear teeth. The lobe of the limb is oblong, about as long as the tube, which is a little pubescent within. The ovary is villous with capillary and long style. The stigma is sub-capitate.
Drupes
Two on each calyx, oval, subacute, of a pale ferruginous colour, obscurely eight furrowed and single seeded.
Plant part used
Bark
Traditional uses
- The bark of A. reinwardtii is also known as white cinnamon and is used as spice and to impart fragrance to stored clothing.
- It has carminative properties and is used in the treatment of dyspepsia and flatulence.
Medicinal uses
- The methanol leaf extract of A. reinwardtii exhibited mild antimalarial activity against Plasmodium berghei ANKA strain.
- The ethanol extract of A. reinwardtii exhibited significant inhibitory activity on xanthine oxidase with IC50 of 230.1 8 µg/mL.
List of country
Malaysia, Indonesia and Madagascar
Creator
Alyxia reinwardtii (Blume,1823)
Source
Publisher
Nur Athirah Roshaizi
Contributor
Nur Athirah Roshaizi
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Alyxia reinwardtii (Blume,1823), “Alyxia reinwardtii,” BIDARA, accessed February 4, 2026, https://bidara.uthm.edu.my/items/show/396.