Strobocalyx arborea
GenusStrobocalyx
Speciesarborea
Authority(Buch.-Ham.) Sch.Bip.
Synonyms
  • Vernonia arborea Buch.-Ham.
  • Conyza acuminata Wall. [Invalid]
  • Flustula tomentosa Raf. [Illegitimate]
  • Gymnanthemum acuminatum Steetz
  • Leucomeris glabra Blume ex DC. [Invalid]
  • Leucomeris javanica Blume ex DC. [Invalid]
  • Vernonia arborea var. arborea
  • Vernonia arborea var. blumeana (DC.) Koord. & Valeton
  • Vernonia arborea var. glabra Koord. & Valeton
  • Vernonia blumeana DC
  • Vernonia florescens Elmer
  • Vernonia urdanetense Elmer
  • Vernonia vaniotii H.Lév.
  • Vernonia wallichii Ridl.

Strobocalyx arborea, formerly widely known by the synonym Vernonia arborea, is a species of mid-level rainforest tree in the Composite, or Daisy family Asteraceae, that is found from the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka, east to the East Indies and New Guinea.[1][2] This tree, and Brachylaena, are contenders for the tallest of all composite trees ("daisy trees"); plants on Sumatra (formerly distinguished as V. a. var. pilifera; locally called Maremboeng) reaching a height of 36 m (118 ft), and plants from Java (formerly distinguished as V. a. var. javanica; locally called Semboeng Kebo) can be almost as tall, to 34 m (112 ft), and at up to 104 cm (41 in) trunk diameter, is the most massive of all composites.[3] Its leaves contain a useful fungicide.[4] The leaves are alternate, ovate (but often asymmetrical), 8–25 cm long and 3–10 cm broad, with a leathery texture.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Strobocalyx arborea (Buch.-Ham.) Sch.Bip.". Plants of the World Online
  2. ^ "Vernonia arborea - ASTERACEAE"
  3. ^ Koster, Joséphine Th. (1935-05-25). "The Compositae of the Malay Archipelago". Blumea. 1 (3): 351–539 (V. arborea: 382–397)
  4. ^ Krishna Kumari, G; Masilamani, S; Ganesh, M. R.; Aravind, S; Sridhar, S. R. (2003). "Zaluzanin D: A fungistatic sesquiterpene from Vernonia arborea". Fitoterapia. 74 (5): 479–82. doi:10.1016/S0367-326X(03)00054-6. PMID 12837366
  5. ^ "Vernonia arborea". Singapore National Parks. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-06-08.