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Local Name:
PutatCommon Name:
Putat, Pasalakira, PhatScientific Name:
Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.Famili
LecythisdaceaeFamily:
LecythisdaceaePutat
MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION
An eight-meter-tall little tree. Old leaves might turn crimson or orange. The thin, sticky, oval-shaped leaves stick out and have a slightly jagged edge. The leaf veins are frequently yellow, and the leaves either have no stem at all or a tiny one that is only 1.2 cm long.
ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION
Lowland and hill forests
STATUS IN MALAYSIA
Widespread
USAGE
Treat wounds/sores
METHOD
The leaves are squeezed and applied to wounds/scabs.
USABLE PARTS
Leaves
