(Burseraceae) Garuga pinnata Roxb.

Local name(s): (sah kam)

Medicinal use(s): used to 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.

GPS reading: 

Habitat: Forest

Altitude: - 

Collector(s): Bounhong Southavong 

Collection number(s): BS 126

Collection Date: May 10, 1999

Additional information:  

• Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2334774.

Project:  GLX

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Local name(s): (kok sa kham)

Medicinal use(s): Used to treat stomach aches.

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: Tree 8 m tall. Leaves compound, slightly alternate (almost opposite), soft pubescence on leaves and stem. Leaflets sessile, opposite, imparapinnate, spotted with white flecks, dentate, smaller closer to apex, increasing toward tip, 9-15 per leaf.

Locality: Oudomxai Province, Beng District; Tha Kat Village

Altitude: 558 m asl 

Collector(s): A. Libman, V. Somsamut, M. Xaiveu

Collection number(s): LAOS 460

Collection Date: June 15, 2003

Additional information:  

• Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2252575.

Project:  ICBG

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Local name(s):

Medicinal use(s): (not provided during interview)

Part(s) used:

Field Characters: Tree, 8-10 meters high. Leaves compound, alternate. Leaflets opposite, pubescence on leaf and stem.

Locality: Oudomxai Province, Beng District; Tha Meun Village

Habitat: -

Altitude: 611 m asl 

Collector(s): A. Libman, V. Somsamut, M. Xaiveu

Collection number(s): LAOS 472

Collection Date: June 16, 2003

Additional information:  

• Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2252587

Project:  ICBG

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Local name(s):

Medicinal use(s): treat polio

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: Tree about 9 to 10 m tall.

Locality: Oudomxai Province, Xay District, Wang Hai Village.

Habitat:  Growing on a river bank.

Altitude: 687 m asl. 

Collector(s): A. Libman, K. Phommavong

Collection number(s): LAOS 643 (Libman 223)

Collection Date: August 17, 2004

Additional information:  

• Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2256524.

Project:  ICBG

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