Fibraurea is an Asian plant genus in the family Menispermaceae.[
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Species
Plants of the World Online includes:[ Plants of the World Online: Fibraurea Lour. (retrieved 2 April 2024)]
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Fibraurea darshanii Udayan & K.Ravik.: India (Karnataka, Kerala)
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Fibraurea recisa Pierre: southern China, Indo-China (in Việt Nam hoàng đằng) - herbal
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Fibraurea tinctoria Lour. (type species; synonyms: Fibraurea chloroleuca (Miers), Fibraurea fasciculata (Miers), Fibraurea laxa (Miers), Fibraurea trotteri (Watt), Fibraurea manipurensis Brace ex Diels): India, Indo-China, Malesia including Borneo.
No longer included in this genus:
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Fibraurea elliptica (Yamamoto) = Haematocarpus subpeltatus Merr.: (Luzon, Philippines).
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Fibraurea haematocarpus Hook.f. & Thomson = Haematocarpus validus (prev. H. thomsonii) Miers
Medicine
Fibraurea tinctoria, known locally as akar kuning, is used by Sumatran Oragutan as a pain-reliever, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal.
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