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Goniothalamus scortechinii is a rainforest tree or shrub from Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand, grown for its traditional medicinal use rather than as an ornamental. Care is only relevant for cultivation in wet tropical conditions.
Goniothalamus scortechinii is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand. George King, the British botanist who first formally described the species, named it in honor of Benedetto Scortechini, an Italian priest and member of the Linnean Society of London and New South Wales who collected many important botanical samples in Peninsular Malaysia.
It has been observed growing in rainforests at elevations of 30–500 meters (98–1,600 ft).
It is commonly called akar gajah beranak and is used in traditional medicine. Bioactive molecules extracted from its leaves have been reported to have antiplasmodial, and antibacterial activity.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goniothalamus scortechinii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
