Ardisia crenata

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Title

Ardisia crenata

Subject

Taxonomy
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Class    : Magnoliopsida
Order    : Ericales
Family   : Primulaceae
Genus   : Ardisia
Species : Ardisia crenata

Synonyms
Ardisia crenulata Lodd. [Illegitimate], Ardisia densa Miq, Ardisia elegans Andrews, Ardisia glandulosa Blume [Illegitimate], Ardisia konishii Hayata, Ardisia kusukusensis Hayata, Ardisia labordei H.Lév, Ardisia lentiginosa Ker Gawl, Ardisia linangensis C.M.Hu, Ardisia miaoliensis S.Y. Lu, Ardisia mouretii Pit., Bladhia crenata (Sims) H.Hara, Bladhia kusukusensis (Hayata) Nakai, Bladhia lentiginosa (Ker Gawl.) Nakai, Bladhia lindleyana (D.Dietr.) Nakai, Bladhia punctata (Lindl.) Nakai, Tinus densa (Miq.) Kuntze.

Common name
Mata ayam, mata pelandok, akar bebulu, lenggundi, sireh puyoh, village ardisia, coral ardisia, coralberry, hens eyes, hilo holly, spiceberry

Description


Characteristics
A small, slow-growing, evergreen shrub reaching up to 1.8 m in height and growing in muti-stemmed clumps

Morphology
Leaves
Alternate, oblong-lanceolate, up to 20 cm long, with crenate and undulate margins, glossy dark green above, waxy and glabrous.


Flowers
White to pink in colour with stalked axillary clusters and small in nodding corymbs.


Fruits
Globose in shape, one-seeded drope up to 8 mm in diameter and glossy red when ripe.

Chemical compound
triptenoid saponins, ardisicrenoside G 3b-O-{a-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-b-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-[β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)]-α-L-arabinopyranosyl}- 16α, 28-dihydroxyolean-12-en-30-oic acid, aglycone, 3β,16α,28-trihydroxyolean-12-en-30-oic acid (jacquinic acid).

Plant part used
Roots, leaves and fruits

Traditional uses
  • The decoction of the roots is given to women after delivery, for fever, cough and gout.
  • Poultice of leaves and roots are applied over areas of bone-aches.
  • Sweet and small fruits are edible.
  • The leaves are also taken as vegetable in salads. Young shoots eaten as ulam with sambal belachan.

Medicinal uses
  • Used in the treatment or rheumatic arthritis, traumatic injuries, lumbago, fractures, swelling of wounds and snake bites.
  • It is believed to have antibacterial properties and is used in the treatment of tonsillitis, bronchitis, lymphadenitis, upper respiratory tract infections, diphtheria, erysipelas and scarlet fever.

List of country
Florida, Alachua, Flagler, Gadsden, Highlands, Hillsborough, Leon, Liberty, Marion, Martin and Orange counties.

Creator

Ardisia crenata (Sims, 1817)

Publisher

Nur Athirah Roshaizi

Contributor

Nur Athirah Roshaizi

Language

English

Collection

Kingdom Plantae

Citation

Ardisia crenata (Sims, 1817), “Ardisia crenata,” BIDARA, accessed February 4, 2026, https://bidara.uthm.edu.my/items/show/427.

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