Melicope pteleifolia
(Champ. ex Benth.) T.G.Hartley
Rutaceae
Euodia gracilis Kurz
Euodia lepta (Spreng.) Merr.
Euodia oreophila Guillaumin
Euodia pteleifolia (Champ. ex Benth.) Merr.
Euodia triphylla cambodiana Pierre
Ilex lepta Spreng.
Lepta triphylla Lour.
Zanthoxylum pteleifolium Champ. ex Benth.
Common Name:
General Information
Melicope pteleifolia is a deciduous shrub or small tree, occasionall adopting a scrambling habit; it can grow from 1 - 14 metres tall[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
Range
E. Asia - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.
Habitat
Evergreen and mixed deciduous forests and forest margins, thickets, swamp forests, open places; from near sea level to 2,300( metres, occasionally to 2,800 metres[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
]. Forest edges on hillsides and by streams[
147- Title
- A Barefoot Doctors Manual.
- Publication
-
- Author
- ?
- Publisher
- Running Press; Philadelphica.
- Year
- 1977
- ISBN
- 0-914294-92-X
- Description
- A very readable herbal from China, combining some modern methods with traditional chinese methods.
].
Properties
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Deciduous Tree |
| Height | 8.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Melicope pteleifolia can be found from the subtropical regions of southeastern China to the tropics of southeastern Asia.
Judging by the needs of other members of this genus it is probably easily grown in a good loamy soil.
A dioecious species - it produces separate male flowers and female flowers, and only one of those types is produced on any individual plant. Therefore both male and female-flowered forms of the plant usually need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[
1663- Title
- A Revision of the genus Tetradium (Rutaceae)
- Publication
- The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore Vol 34:1 pp 91-131, 1981
- Author
- Hartley T.G.
- Publisher
- Botanic Gardens Parks and Recreation Dept., Singapore
- Year
- 1981
- ISBN
- 0374-7859
- Description
-
].
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
The roots and leaves are antipruritic, depurative and febrifuge[
147- Title
- A Barefoot Doctors Manual.
- Publication
-
- Author
- ?
- Publisher
- Running Press; Philadelphica.
- Year
- 1977
- ISBN
- 0-914294-92-X
- Description
- A very readable herbal from China, combining some modern methods with traditional chinese methods.
]. A decoction is used in the treatment of arthritis, fever, chickenpox, fever, epidemic influenza, meningitis, infectious hepatitis etc[
147- Title
- A Barefoot Doctors Manual.
- Publication
-
- Author
- ?
- Publisher
- Running Press; Philadelphica.
- Year
- 1977
- ISBN
- 0-914294-92-X
- Description
- A very readable herbal from China, combining some modern methods with traditional chinese methods.
,
218- Title
- Medicinal Plants of China
- Publication
-
- Author
- Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S.
- Publisher
- Reference Publications, Inc.
- Year
- 1985
- ISBN
- 0-917256-20-4
- Description
- Details of over 1,200 medicinal plants of China and brief details of their uses. Often includes an analysis, or at least a list of constituents. Heavy going if you are not into the subject.
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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