Colona auriculata
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| Colona auriculata | |
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| Dehiscent seed pods and leaves from Cat Tien National Park: where bushes are particularly common in seasonally-flooded forest clearings. R. Bateman | |
Scientific 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 | |
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Diplophractum auriculatum Desf. | |
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]