Stixis obtusifolia
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| Stixis obtusifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Resedaceae |
| Genus: | Stixis |
| Species: | S. obtusifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Stixis obtusifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill. | |
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Stixis obtusifolia is a shrub or liana in the Resedaceae family. It is found in parts of Southeast Asia. The wood is used as fuel, the leaves as a tea.
This species grows as a deciduous shrub or liana.[2] [3] It has silvery stems and branches. Leaves are simple, the adult leaves are glabrous, though occasionally with a few hairs on the nerves.[4] The gynophore is shorter than 5mm and hairy, the ovary is glabrous.
Flowering occurs from November to March, fruiting from January to April.[3]
Distribution
This Southeast Asian species grows in the following countries: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.[1]
Habitat, ecology
The plant grows in degraded formations.[2]
In the vegetation communities alongside the Mekong in Kratie and Steung Treng Provinces, Cambodia, this taxa is rare in the degraded areas of the riverine community.[3] It grows on soils derived from metamorphic sandstone bedrock, at 20-25m altitude.
Vernacular names
Uses
The wood furnishes firewood.[2] The leaves can give a tea-like drink