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Java milkwort (Polygala javana) is a species of plant in the Polygalaceae family. It has erect, woody, branched stems with brown to black stems and white hairs or powdery hairs. The leaves are opposite and alternate. The leaves are oval, up to 30 mm long and up to 9 mm wide, and green.
The inflorescences are arranged in panicles, arranged in rows and radially. The flowers are butterfly-shaped, yellow, green, and purple, with white hairs, up to 8 mm wide.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Polygalaceae
Tribe: Polygaleae
Genus: Polygala Tourn. ex L. in Sp. Pl.: 701 (1753)
Species: Polygala javana DC. in Prodr. 1: 327 (1824)
Heterotypic Synonyms
Polygala ceylanica B.Heyne ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 4183 (1831)
Polygala javana var. angustifolia Thwaites in Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 22 (1864)
Polygala raoi R.N.Banerjee & L.K.Banerjee in Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 82: 218 (1975)
Publications
Aung, Y.L., Aung, M.H., Tan, Y. & Jin, X. (2025). An updated checklist of vascular plants of Myanmar. PhytoKeys 261: 135-364.
Dassanayake (ed.) (1988). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 6: 1-424. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (eds.) (1984-1989). Flora Malesiana 10: 1-748. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
English: Java milkwort
Indonesia: Sari susu, Sri wangi
Java: Sari susu, Sri wangi
Malayalam: Kodassari, Kadassari
Tamil: Selagachedi
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Location: Playen, Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia.
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Polygala paniculata
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Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
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Crotalaria juncea
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Erythrina crista-galli
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Bauhinia purpurea
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#Dlium
Java milkwort (Polygala javana) is a species of plant in the Polygalaceae family. It has erect, woody, branched stems with brown to black stems and white hairs or powdery hairs. The leaves are opposite and alternate. The leaves are oval, up to 30 mm long and up to 9 mm wide, and green.
The inflorescences are arranged in panicles, arranged in rows and radially. The flowers are butterfly-shaped, yellow, green, and purple, with white hairs, up to 8 mm wide.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Polygalaceae
Tribe: Polygaleae
Genus: Polygala Tourn. ex L. in Sp. Pl.: 701 (1753)
Species: Polygala javana DC. in Prodr. 1: 327 (1824)
Heterotypic Synonyms
Polygala ceylanica B.Heyne ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 4183 (1831)
Polygala javana var. angustifolia Thwaites in Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 22 (1864)
Polygala raoi R.N.Banerjee & L.K.Banerjee in Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 82: 218 (1975)
Publications
Aung, Y.L., Aung, M.H., Tan, Y. & Jin, X. (2025). An updated checklist of vascular plants of Myanmar. PhytoKeys 261: 135-364.
Dassanayake (ed.) (1988). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 6: 1-424. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (eds.) (1984-1989). Flora Malesiana 10: 1-748. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
English: Java milkwort
Indonesia: Sari susu, Sri wangi
Java: Sari susu, Sri wangi
Malayalam: Kodassari, Kadassari
Tamil: Selagachedi
Learn more: dlium.com/2026/06/java-milkwort-polygala-javana.html
Location: Playen, Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia.
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