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Family Asclepiadaceae
Hinggiu-kalabau
Streptocaulon baumii Decne.

Scientific names Common names
Streptocaulon baumii Decne. Hinggiu-kalabau (Tag.)
  Hinggiu-na-puti (Tag.)
  Maraipus (Ilk.)
  Sibot-sibotan (Tag.)
  Sulding (Pang.)
  Hinggiu-na-puti (Tag.)
Streptocaulon baumii Decne. is an accepted name. No synonyms recorded for the name. The Plant List

Botany
Hinggiu-kalabau is a woody vine with rather slender stems. Leaves are hairy, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 7 to 15 centimeters long, 4 to 8 centimeters wide, rounded or heart-shaped at the base, and pointed at the tip. Cymes are axillary, solitary or in pairs, lax, and 4 to 9 centimeters long. Calyx is small and greenish. Corolla is purple, rotate, and 5 millimeters in diameter, with ovate or oblong-ovate lobes. Fruit is a follicle, cylindric, 5 to 9 centimeters long, slender, hairy, and pointed at the tip.

Distribution
- Found only in the Philippines.
- Common in thickets and secondary forests at low altitudes in Nueva Viscaya, La Union, Pangasinan, Tayabas, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal, and Albay Provinces in Luzon, and in Mindoro.

Constituents
- Bioassay-guided analysis of leaves yielded loliolide (1), luteolin 3'-methoxy ether (2) and ursolic acid (3). (see study below) (2)

Properties
- Considered vulnerary.
- Study suggests antiproliferative properties.

Parts used
Latex.

Uses

Folkloric
In the Philippines, latex is used for wound healing.

Studies
Cytotoxic Against Human Cancer Cell Lines / Leaves:
Study evaluated the antiproliferative property of Stretocaulon baumii leaves. A hexane fraction showed nonselective inhibition of cell proliferation of BJ, A549, HCT116, and MCF-7 cell lines. Ursolic acid showed the highest cytotoxicity against HeLa, MDA-MB231, Cos&, and RAW264.7. (see constituents above) (2)

Availability
Wild-crafted.

Updated April 2018 / August 2016

IMAGE SOURCE: / Photo / Apocynaceae : Streptocaulon baumii det. Mary Endress & David Middleton 24-Aug-13 / Streptocaulon cf. baumii; flowering vine / Copyright © 2012 by Ravan Schneider (contact: pieter.pelser@canterbury.ac.nz) [ref. DOL57660]/ Non-Commercial Use / click on image to go to source page / Phytoimages.siu.edu
OTHER IMAGE SOURCE / File:Streptocaulon baumii Blanco1.138b-original.png / Flora de Filipinas / Franciso Manuel Blanco (OSA), 1880-1883 / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons
Additional Sources and Suggested Readings
(1)
Streptocaulon baumii / The Plant List

(2)
Cytotoxic property of Streptocaulon baumii extracts and their isolated compounds against different human cancer cell lines / Arlene P. Bartolome*, Irene M. Villaseñor, Yea-Lih Lin, M. Daben J. Libardo, Alfredo M. Angeles-Boza and Wen-Chin Yang / Philippine Science Letters, Vol 10, No 2 (2017)
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