Rubiaceae FAMILY
Ophiorrhiza remotiflora
Ophiorrhiza remotiflora
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Ophiorrhiza remotiflora is a herbaceous perennial plant with fleshy leaves and slender stens that become more or less woody; it can grow 30 - 90 cm tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Peninsula Malaysia
HabitatQuite common in secondary forest at low elevations[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. Widespread in lowland and hill forest[ 987 Title The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore Vol. 47 Part 2 Publication Author Turner I.M. Publisher Singapore Botanic Gardens; Singapore Year 1995 ISBN 0374-7859 Description A botanical journal, this edition contains a catalogue of the vascular plants of Malaya. ].