(Achariaceae) Hydnocarpus sp.

Local name(s): ກົກ ປອບ (kohk pohp)

Medicinal use(s): Treat skin disease

Part(s) used: Leaf, stem

Field characters: Tree 15 m tall, dbh 30 cm, bark gray, leaves opposite, cordate, fruits globular, gray, with 5-3 seeds.

Locality: Khammouane Province, Nyommalat District, at the eastern flank of the Nakai Nan Theum National Park, Pou Ark Mountain

Habitat: Secondary forest along the road

Altitude: 204 m asl

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, M. Xayvue, M. Vantanouvong

Collection number(s): DDS 15488

Collection date: May 29, 2023

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. xxxxxx.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

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Medicinal properties:

Sahoo MR, Dhanabal SP, Jadhav AN, et al. Hydnocarpus: An ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and pharmacological review. J Ethnopharmacol. 2014 May 28;154(1):17-25. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.029. Epub 2014 Apr 13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.029 
Zhang Y, Kong J, Zhang JH, et al. Chemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of Family Flacourtiaceae: A Class of Important Phytomedicine. Am J Chin Med 2020, 48(2):287-328. DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X20500159