(Annonaceae) Huberantha luensis (Pierre) Chaowasku

Local name(s): 

Medicinal use(s): used to treat hepatitis

Part(s) used: stem wood

Field Characters: Tree, 8-9 meters high. Black trunk, leaves opposite.

Locality: Vientian Municipality, Santhong District, Ban Natham. 

Habitat: -

Altitude: 718 m asl 

Collector(s): V. Somsamouth

Collection number(s): LAOS 291

Collection Date: February 13, 2002

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2245900.

Project:  ICBG

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Plants of the World onlineWFO - The World Flora onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityPham Hoang Ho: Cayco Vietnam vol. 1, p. 260, plant #1039

Medicinal properties:


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GBIF. Huberantha. In: Annonaceae in the Western Pacific: geographic patterns and four new species. https://www.gbif.org/species/164167163 .

Nguyen T, Dieu TX, et al. Vietnamese Medicinal Plants as Potential Resources to Explore New Anticancer and Anti-inflammation: Established Assays for Pharmacological Tests. Methods in Molecular Biology 2021, volume 2343, pages 271-286.  https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:237387264

Oh SJ, Jang YS, Kim ER, et al. Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Huberantha luensis and Ancistrocladus tectorius Extracts Through Inhibition of Nuclear Factor-κB and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways. J Med Food 2025, 28(5):448-454.  DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2024.k.0276

Yao LJ, Jalil J, Attiq A, et al. The medicinal uses, toxicities and anti-inflammatory activity of Polyalthia species (Annonaceae). J Ethnopharmacol 2019, 229:303-325.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2018.10.001