(Cannabaceae) Trema orientalis (L.) Blume

Local name(s): ປໍ ຫູ (po hou) 

Medicinal use(s): Used for detoxification after mushroom poisoning. 

Part(s) used: bark

Field Characters: Tree 7 m tall, flowers in axillary glomerules, greenish white.

Locality: Xieng Khouang Province, Kham District, Kham Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve (MBP), 15 km from Kham town. Ba Tha village, northern edge of MBP at meteorological station site. 

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest. Low-statured forest cover along slope.

Altitude: 1499 m asl.

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

Collection number(s): DDS 14983

Collection Date: May 16, 2014

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Local name(s): ປໍຫູ (Por hu) 

Medicinal use(s): treat kidney stone 

Part(s) used: root; leaf

Field Characters: Tree 8-15 m tall. Leaf stipulate, petiole pubescent, leaf blade leathery, pubescent. Inflorescence male and female flowers. Fruit a drupe, black when mature, globose to ovoid-globose. 

Locality: Khammuan Province; Nyommalath District; Thongkong Village, roadside of Route to MBP; at the southern reaches of Nakai Nam Theum National Park. 

Habitat: Tropical rainforest on flat level lands. 

Altitude: 150 m asl.

Collector(s): O. Souliya, K. Phoulivong, D. Makiem and S. Pimmavong

Collection number(s): Oneilay_YML_017

Collection Date: July 21, 2023

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313857; 2333611.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Plants of the World onlineFlora of China  Vol. 5 Page 13GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Medicinal properties: 


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