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Lepisanthes rubiginosa, also known as mertajam, is a plant species in the lychee family found in northern India, Indochina, Malesia and northwest Australia.
The leaves can be used as a poultice to treat itches or made into a decoction that can be drank to cure fever.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lepisanthes rubiginosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
