Fibraurea

Fibraurea is an Asian plant genus in the family Menispermaceae.

Species
Plants of the World Online includes:
 * 1) Fibraurea darshanii Udayan & K.Ravik. : India (Karnataka, Kerala)
 * 2) Fibraurea recisa Pierre : southern China, Indo-China (in Việt Nam hoàng đằng) - herbal
 * 3) 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:
 * Fibraurea elliptica ( Yamamoto ) = Haematocarpus subpeltatus Merr. : (Luzon, Philippines).
 * 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.