(Capparaceae) Morisonia sola (J.F.Macbr.) Christenh. & Byng

Local name(s): ຊາຍ ຊູ້ ເຄືອ (xai xou kheua)

Medicinal use(s): Treat liver disease. 

Part(s) used: liana

Field Characters: 

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

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rainforest 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 14938

Collection Date: December 18, 2013

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313749.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

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