(Asteraceae) Elephantopus scaber L.

Local name(s): ຄີ ໄພ ນົກ ຂຸ້ມ (khee fai nok khoum)

Medicinal use(s): Treat cough.

Part(s) used: whole plant

Field Characters: Herb on forest floor, inflorescence terminal, flowerheads green, subtended by large green bracts. Common.

Locality: Savannakhet Province, Kaysone district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, at 19 km from city center on road Kaysone-Seno.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rain forest in regeneration from some degree of past conversion.

Altitude: 158 m asl 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, O. Souliya

Collection number(s): DDS 14914

Collection Date: December 17, 2013

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313686.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

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