Colona auriculata

Colona auriculata
Dehiscent seed pods and leaves from Cat Tien National Park: where bushes are particularly common in seasonally-flooded forest clearings. R. Bateman
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Colona
Species:
C. auriculata
Binomial name
Colona auriculata
Synonyms

Diplophractum auriculatum Desf.
Columbia auriculata (Desf.) Baill.

Colona auriculata[1] is a shrub species first described by Desfontaines, with its current name after Craib; the genus Colona is in the family Malvaceae[2] and now placed in the subfamily Grewioideae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[2]

The species is distributed in Indonesia and throughout Indochina; in Vietnam it is frequently found in the provinces of and between Dong Nai and Ba Ria - Vung Tau its common name is bồ an.[3] The roots are used in Cambodia to make antipyretic herbal medicines.[4]

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