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Lunasia amara is the only species of flowering plant in the genus Lunasia of the family Rutaceae, and is native to Malesia, New Guinea, and Queensland. It is a dioecious shrub with simple leaves and head-like clusters of small flowers, the female flowers with larger petals than the male flowers. The fruit has up to 3 follicles joined at the base, each containing a single seed.
Lunasia amara is found in the Philippines, south to East Java Borneo, New Guinea and in the Iron and McIlwraith Ranges in Queensland. It grows as an understorey plant in undisturbed rainforest.
The plant is used in Malesia to treat skin disease and digestive disorders. Extracts from the bark have been used in New Guinea to treat tropical ulcers, and have been found to have antibacterial properties.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lunasia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
