Ex-situ Conservation of Medicinal Plant


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Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0052
Species Name	Barleria lupulina Lindl.
Family Name	Acanthaceae
Local Name	Hop-headed Barleria
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Traditional Usage	Poison bite, wound
Description	Morphology: Herbs, leaves opposite or whorled reduced to spines. Bracts and calyx large with some segments. Corolla tube cylindrical with 2 stamens and ovoid capsule.Ecological Distribution: Originated from Burma, India and Siam. Not abundant in Malaya but cultivated in the gardens of Malaya. Best growth in dry climates.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
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Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0054
Species Name	Barleria cristata L.
Family Name	Acanthanceae
Local Name	Philippine violet
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Traditional Usage	Poison bite, wound
Description	Morphology: Pretty flower. It grows as a shrub 60 -100 cm tall. The leaves are dark green on the upper surface and pale green on the lower surface. They are elliptic to narrowly ovate. The flowers are about 5 cm long, funnel-shaped in violet, pink, or white color. The fruits are about 1.5 cm long ellipsoid capsules.Ecological Distribution: Originated from Siam. Not abundant in Malaya but cultivated in the gardens of Malaya. Best growth in dry climates.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
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Zone	Aromatic Plants
Reference Id	ACP0082
Species Name	Brucea javanica ( L. ) Merr.
Family Name	Simaroubaceae
Local Name	Lada Pahit, Melada Pahit
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Traditional Usage	diarrhea,venomed animal bites
Description	Morphology: A shrub or small tree up to 10 m tall. Simple leaves with toothed margin. Flowers in red color and greeny fruits.
Ecology Distribution	Can be found from India to northern Australia. Best growth on the open country especially in the north area in Peninsula
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
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Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0156
Species Name	Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng
Family Name	Lecythidaceae
Local Name	Putat
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Traditional Usage	Fresh salad
Description	Morphology: Shrub or tree to 20 m tall. Leaves thin, toothed, yellow veins and large size. Flowers pinkish-white on long inflorescence. Fruits pear-shaped, green or reddish purple.
Ecology Distribution	Found from India to Polynesia. Best growth periodically flooded forest; widespread in Malay Peninsula.
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
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Zone	Aromatic Plants
Reference Id	ACP0158
Species Name	Barringtonia corneri Kiew & K.M. Wong
Family Name	Lecythidaceae
Local Name	Putat
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Traditional Usage	fresh salad
Description	Morphology: Monopodial treelet to 10 m tall.Ecological distribution: Found throughout the tropics. Growth widely on the coast of Malay Peninsula. Best growth on swampy lowland forest and endemic to Johor.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
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Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0180
Species Name	Baccaurea motleyana (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
Family Name	Euphorbiaceae
Local Name	Rambai
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Traditional Usage	Food, eye problem, after childbirth
Description	Morphology: Tree to 24 m tall, leave coriaceous, oblong-elliptic with acute apex. Upper surface glabrous, lower surface hairy. Petiole 3.8 cm long and tomentous. Flowers with 4 sepal, oblong and hairy.
Ecology Distribution	Native to south-eastern Asia. Throughout western Malaysia either lowland or hill forest up to 900 m and scattered throughout.
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
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Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0215
Species Name	Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.
Family Name	Compositae
Local Name	Camphor plant
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Traditional Usage	Tonic after childbirth, fever and gastric
Description	Morphology: Shrub or moderate tree and smelly like camphor. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, tomentose with small hair. The base are narrowed. Flowers in panicle at the tip and changes from yellow to reddish when dry. Ecological distribution: Widely distributed in Peninsular Malaysia. Common on disturbed area.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
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Zone	Medicinal Plant
Reference Id	ACP0226
Species Name	Bixa orellana L.
Family Name	Bixaceae
Local Name	Annatto tree
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Traditional Usage	To treat fever, vomitting, asthma and inflammatory
Description	Morphology: Small tree, up to 6 meter tall. Leaves broad, cordate, apex acuminate with long and bright green petiole. Flowers pinkish with purple stamen like Melastoma malabathricum. Fruits are covered by smooth hair, bright red with various shape according to the varieties. Seed covered by red membrane. Ecological distribution: Native to America like Mexico, Brazil up to Pacific Island. Widely distributed and cultivated at all over the world including Malaysia.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
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Zone	Ferns
Reference Id	ACP0243
Species Name	Blechnum orientale L.
Family Name	Blechnaceae
Local Name	Unknown
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Traditional Usage	Edible and boils
Description	Morphology: Terrestrial fern, about 0.5-1m tall. Rhizome grows up to form a short trunk. Auricles are present along the stipes. Fronds pinnate, bipinnate or multi-pinnate. The young plants have lobed and red fronds. Linear sori at the costae.The spores in the sori are located on the abaxial surface of fertile pinnules. Ecological distribution: Distributed in the tropic Asia, Australia and the Pacific. Common in open places.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
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Reference Id	ACP0001
Species Name	Bauhinia bidentata Jack
Family Name	Leguminosae
Local Name	Orange Bauhinia
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Traditional Usage	After childbirth, toothache
Description	Morphology: Deciduous shrub, 6 to 12 feet tall and 6ft. Wide; Leaves: green, ovate, foliage dense and semi-evergreen; flowers: about 1.5 to 2 inches across are sweetly perfumed, flower colours begin in rich purple on the first day, fading to mauve the next day.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
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