(Apocynaceae) Holarrhena curtisii King & Gamble

Local name(s): (Ton Mouk Noi)

Medicinal use(s): treatment of backpain

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: 

Locality: Saravanh Province, Saravanh District, Ban Keng Khoum.

Habitat: 

Altitude: 618 m asl. 

Collector(s): K. Sydara

Collection number(s): LAOS_045 (= Sydara 045)

Collection Date: September 28, 1999

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2222108.
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Local name(s): (Mouk Tia)

Medicinal use(s): treat dysentery, diarrhea

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: Small shrub up to 0.5-1 m high. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic, covered with a dense silvery pubescence on the lower side. Flowers white, in cymose inflorescences.

Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Bolikhamxay District, Houa Koun Village.

Habitat: 

Altitude:   m asl. 

Collector(s): S. Bouamanivong

Collection number(s): LAOS_727 (= SB 727)

Collection Date: May 31, 2005

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2282962.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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