(Actinidiaceae) Saurauia napaulensis DC.

Local name(s): 

Medicinal use(s): treat cardiovascular disorder

Part(s) used: stem

Field characters: Tree growing to 12 m tall with trunk a diameter of 25 cm. Leaves large, 30 cm long.

Locality: Xieng Khoang Province, Kham District, Ban Nam Home.

Habitat: 

Altitude: 617 m asl.

Collector(s): S. Bouamanivong

Collection number: LAOS_220 (= Bouamanivong SB 220)

Collection date: February 20, 2001

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2246624.

Project:  ICBG

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Local name(s): ສ້ານ ແກ່ນ (san ken) ; ຊ້າ ສ້ານ (sa san) ສົ້ມ ເບົ້າ (sohm bao) 

Medicinal use(s): Treatment of anxieties and related nervous system affections

Part(s) used: Root, stem

Field characters: Treelet 6 m tall, bark gray, roughish, lightly fissured, flower buds gray, open flowers pink, corolla lobes deep pink.

Locality: Xieng Khoang Province, Kham District, Kham Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, 15 km from Kham town. Ba Tha village.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest. Edge of forest along stream.

Altitude: 1130 m asl

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

Collection number: DDS 14988

Collection date: May 17, 2014 

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313862.

Project:  CCF 

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Local name(s): (Mai mao, Mai ten, Mak mao)

Medicinal use(s): Treatment of nervous system disorders.

Part(s) used: stem.

Field characters: Shrub with large lanceolate leaves, green on obverse, yellow on reverse, flowers small, purple, campanulate and green, three-loculed fruits.

Locality: Xieng Khouang Province, Kham District, Xieng Khouang Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, mountain road between Muang Kham and Ban Tha.

Habitat: Roadside. Good quality secondary tropical rainforest, on a mountain slope.

Altitude: 1137 m asl.

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

Collection number: JMH 014

Collection date: December 9, 2015 

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA,under accession no. 2320627

Project:  PO1

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Plants of the World onlineGBIF: Global Biodiversity Information FacilityFlora of China Vol. 12 Page 357, 358

Medicinal properties:

Subba, D.B. et al. Seasonality of polyphenolic compounds in nine important tree fodders in the eastern hills of Nepal. Vet. Rev. (Kathmandu) 1996; 11(1):8-10.
Wang, Q. et al. The phenolic components from Saurauia napaulensis. Nat. Prod. Res. Dev. 2008; 20(4): 641-643.
Zhu L. et al. Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oil and extracts of Saurauia lantsangensis Hu root. Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 2012 May-Jun;67(5-6):282-90.