Botany
Tula-tula is a tree that attains a height of 10 meters or less. Leaves are alternate, peltate orbicular or suborbivulst-ovate, 7-16 cm longh, 5 to 15 cm wide; the apex is pointed, smooth, rounded above but glacous beneath, with hairy glands on the axils of the base. Flowers are small; male flowers borne on spikes 7.5 to 10 cm long; the female ones occur on elongated racemes. Capsules are about 2 cm in diameter, nearly spherical, with thickly crustaceous and hairy cocci.
Distribution
In forests at low and medium altitudes.
Parts used
Flowers, roots.
Usesn
Folkloric
No reported folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines.
In Java, the aromatic flowers are mixed with rice flour in making face-powders and for scenting medicinal powders. Also, used for making toilet powder.
In the Malay Peninsula, root decoction used after childbirth; also, for fevers, stomachaches and cholera.
Decoction of plants used as lotion for yaws.
Others
Wood: In Sumatra, the tough wood used for making small objects.
Studies
• Antioxidant: Study showed the leaves to be highly antioxidant on DPPH radical scavening testing.
Availability
Wild-crafted.
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