Mycetia longifolia
(Wall.) Kuntze
Rubiaceae
Adenosacme longifolia (Wall.) Wall. ex Miq.
Rondeletia longifolia Wall.
Wendlandia longifolia (Wall.) DC.
Common Name:
General Information
Mycetia longifolia is an evergreen shrub usually growing up to 200cm 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 and a food.
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 - Nepal, Bangladesh, northeast India, southern China (Xizang, Yunnam), Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia
Habitat
Forests[
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.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Evergreen Shrub |
| Height | 1.50 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
Leaves - cooked and eaten as a vegetable[
513- Title
- Traditional Knowledge of Adi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh on Plants.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Srivastava R.C.
- Publisher
- Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge.
- Year
- 2009 Vol. 8(2)
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Basic information on the plants that the Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh use.
].
Medicinal
The plant is used traditionally for the treatment of pain, inflammation, ulcers, wounds, and lipomas (tumor)[
2073- Title
- Mycetia cauliflora methanol extract exerts anti-inflammatory activity by directly targeting PDK1 in the NF-κB pathwa
- Publication
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2018.11.013
- Author
- Seong-Gu Jeong, Sunggyu Kim et al
- Website
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2018.11.013
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2018
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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