(Acanthaceae) Phlogacanthus curviflorus (Nees) Nees

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Field characters: Shrub, flower buds brownish-red, open flowers brownish-yellow, bract green with blackish purple edges. On dark forest floor.

Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Paksan District, Somsavath Village, Med. Plant Preserve.

Habitat: Lowland tropical rainforest formation. Broadleaved secondary forest with large, typical primary forest trees still remaining.

Altitude: 730 m asl

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, B. Bounyavong, B. Southavong

Collection number(s): DDS 13704

Collection date: December 18, 2004

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Local name(s): (hohm xang)

Medicinal use(s): Treat malaria, fever 

Part(s) used: Root

Field characters: Large shrub, inflorescence erect, terminal, pink-purple when young. Fruit a capsule, dry, in a racemous setting.

Locality: Oudomxay Province, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of city

Habitat: Broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope

Altitude: 730 m asl

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue 

Collection number(s): DDS 15081

Collection date: September 25, 2014

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Field characters: Large shrub, 2 m tall, terminal racemes upright, pink overall, inner surface of corolla lobes pale yellow, leaves large.

Locality: Oudomxay Province, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of city

Habitat: Forest trail on the lower side of a mountain slope, in a tropical rain forest, near Guard cabin.

Altitude: 684 m asl

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue 

Collection number(s): DDS 15385

Collection date: November 16, 2018

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