Ex-situ Conservation of Medicinal Plant


	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Agribio Database		Language : BM \| EN

Please enter the scientific name or local name

Zone	Spices
Reference Id	ACP0128
Species Name	Cinnamomum porrectum (Roxb.) Kosterm.
Family Name	Lauraceae
Local Name	Medang sarsi
Photo
Traditional Usage	Flavouring food and oil extraction
Description	Morphology: Moderate tree, up to 37 m tall. Leaves simple and alternate, penni- to tripli-veined and glabrous. Stipules absent. Flowers white-yellow, in the panicles. Fruits about 10 mm in diameter, green-grey and fleshy drupe.Ecological distribution: Found in South East of Asia like India,Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Common in undisturbed to disturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests. Best growth on hillsides and ridges in various habitat such as sandy to clay soils,ultrabasic and limestone.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
Reference

Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0129
Species Name	Catharanthus roseus Linn.
Family Name	Apocynaceae
Local Name	Kemunting cina
Photo
Traditional Usage	Fever, as a tonic and anti canser
Description	Morphology: Small tree, about 1m. Leaves in a whorl with entire margin. Flower is solitary with 5 petal or sometime in a small inflorescens. There are several color of petal which are purple or white. Ecological distribution: Thought to be from Central of Asia. Widely distributed in tropical area. Best growth on sandy place.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
Reference

Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0102
Species Name	Chroesthes longifolia (wight) B. Hansen
Family Name	Acanthaceae
Local Name	Peluruh
Photo
Traditional Usage	Family Planner
Description	Morphology: Shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves lanseolate, acuminate at the tips, 16-24 cm long, 4 cm width and 2 cm long of petiole. Flowers in racem with 4 cm corolla.
Ecology Distribution	Best growth on lowland forest and widely distribution in the tropics region
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
Reference

Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0118
Species Name	Crescentia cujete Vell.
Family Name	Bignoniaceae
Local Name	Calabash Tree, Gourd
Photo
Traditional Usage	Cleans wound, headache, snake bite
Description	Morphology: Tree to 10 m tall and 30 cm diameter breast height. Leaves of various sizes within each fascicle, simple, obovate, the tip obtuse to acute, the base attenuate and the petiole absent. Flowers with a musty odour. Fruit a pepo or calabash, spherical to ovoid-ellipsoid, 13-20 cm in diameter,seeds small, thin, wingless and scattered through the pulp of the fruit.
Ecology Distribution	Found in the West Indies and Mexico.
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
Reference

Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0204
Species Name	Cinnamomum javanicum Blume
Family Name	Lauraceae
Local Name
Photo
Traditional Usage	Tonic after childbirth
Description	Morphology: Moderate tree or shrub with many branches.Leaves elliptic, adaxial surface smooth and tomentose glaucouse in abaxial. Petiol about 0.5 cm long and tomentose. The flowers covered with small hair and oblong. Fruits are semicircle and about 2.5 cm long. Ecological distribution: Originated from Java, can be found in Sumatra and Borneo.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
Reference

Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0218
Species Name	Canna indica L.
Family Name	Cannaceae
Local Name
Photo
Traditional Usage	To cure diarrhoea, itchy and stomachache
Description	Morphology: Herb, up to 2 m height. Reproductive organ is rhizome which growth as a tuber. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, reddish green or purplish. Flowers are orange at the terminal. Fruits rounded, in a capsule, thorne at outside and blackish when matured. Ecological distribution: Thought to be originated from central of America. Widely distributed up to South America. Mostly cultivated for their tuber and as an ornamental all over the world. Best growth in lowland forest.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
Reference

Zone	Ferns
Reference Id	ACP0222
Species Name	Cibotium barometz (L.) J.Sm.
Family Name	Cibotiaceae
Local Name	Golden chicken
Photo
Traditional Usage	As a syptic for bleeding, fainting and ornamental
Description	Morphology: Tree fern, growth prostrate to form a colonised and reach up to 1m tall. The main trunk apex covered by golden soft hairs like to croziers and young fronds. Lamina bipinnately, ovate to elliptical, lower surface glaucous and upper surface darker green. Rachis are brown and covered by soft hairs. The sori are located at the margin of the pinnules at the lower surface. Ecological distribution: Native to China. Found in western part of Malay Peninsula. Common in Cameron Higlands and Fraser Hill.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
Reference

Zone	Medicinal Plant
Reference Id	ACP0228
Species Name	Corchorus capsularis L.
Family Name	Tiliaceae
Local Name	Jute plants
Photo
Traditional Usage	To cure fever, cought and as a tonic for children
Description	Morphology: Herbs or slightly woody plants, up to 1m tall. Stems are purplish. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, base rounded with two subrounded projection at the base. Flowers in axillary, yellowish and 0.5 cm long. Capsule are globose to truncate and about 1cm long. Ecological distribution: Though to be originated from India. Found in western areas in Peninsular Malaysia such as Perak. Best growth on lowland forest, wet and open places such as on rice paddy-banks or near the settlements.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
Reference

Zone	Herbs
Reference Id	ACP0232
Species Name	Canthium horridum Blume.
Family Name	Rubiaceae
Local Name
Photo
Traditional Usage	Diarhhoea, fever and wound on foots
Description	Morphology: Spiny shrub, understorey trees up to 5-10 cm tall. Stem covered by small thornes which exit from leaf axill. Leaves simple, opposite, small hairs, ovate to elliptic, subcoriaceous and base cuneat. Flowers yellowish-white in panicle with greenish corolla. Fruits yellowish and drupes. Ecological distribution: Found in Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Java Island and Borneo. Common on secondary forest, along the roadside and open area. Best growth on sandy oil and ridges hill.
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
Reference

Zone
Reference Id	ACP0003
Species Name	Cananga odorata (Lam) Hook.f. & Thomson
Family Name	Annonaceae
Local Name	Ilang-ilang, Ylang-ylang
Photo
Traditional Usage	After childbirth, essential oil
Description	Morphology: medium unbuttressed tree to 100 ft tall; leaves simple, alternate, oblong to broadly elliptic, apex acuminate, base rounded, pubescent on midrib or nerves on both sides or glabrous, midrib raised or flushed above; flowers in cluster and green
Ecology Distribution
Conservation Status	Least Concerned
Reference

1 2 3 4

Hit Counter
Free Counter

Free Counter

Best resolution on 800x600 | Copyright © 2026, AgriBio Information System.