(Burseraceae) Garuga pinnata Roxb.

Local name(s): (sah kam)

Medicinal use(s): treat intestinal ulcer

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: A large tree 20-30 m tall, leaves hairy, fruits large, round.

Locality: Vientiane Province, Feuang Disrict.

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Habitat: Forests

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Collector(s): Bounhong Southavong 

Collection number(s): BS 126

Collection Date: May 10, 1999

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Field Characters: Tree 30 m tall, dbh 80 cm; buttresses small; bark gray brown, irregularly cracked; slash pale brown, turning bright orange-brown; wood dirty white; duramen beef-red; fruits greenish yellow.

Locality: Laos, Prefecture of Vientiane, Sikhot Tabong District, Ban Ang Nhai, mountains north of village. GPS reading: 18o 24’ 9N";  102o 22’ 20" E.

Habitat: Mountain slopes, remnant of primary forest with bamboos of different species and sizes. A primary forest 20-30 years previously.

Altitude: 400 - 475 m asl 

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

Collection number(s): DDS 10853

Collection Date: July 8, 1999

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Field Characters: Treelet leafless of 10m in heigh on a limestone crevice, fls, and entire inflorescences creamy to dirty white, showy from a distance, each flower dull yellow-white, young fruits green.

Locality: Khammuan Province, Hinboun District, road Hinboun Hydroelectric Station to Vientiane, ca. 4 km from Khoun Kham Village. GPS reading: 18o 11’ N; 104o 29’ E.

Habitat: Roadside gallery forest at foot of limestone formation.

Altitude: 300 m asl 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, S. Bouamanivong 

Collection number(s): DDS 11962

Collection Date: February 18, 2002

Additional information:  

• Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2245996; 2218198; 2334774.
• Plant samples were collected and submitted for anticancer and anti-HIV testing at the US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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