(Cardiopteridaceae) Cardiopteris quinqueloba (Hassk.) Hassk.

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Field Characters: Vine, flowers minute, green, set in compound cymes, which in turn disposed in a cup-like configuration, fruits winged, wing whitish green.

Locality: Oudomxay Province, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city.

Habitat: Forested slope in a broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.

Altitude: 750-800 m asl. 

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

Collection number(s): DDS 15093

Collection Date: September 26, 2014

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2314174.
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Field Characters: Semi-succulent, delicate vine, twining on shrubberies on forest floor, flowers minute, white, fruits green to pale green, winged, sap latex-like, white, somewhat watery.

Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city.

Habitat: Forest trail on the lower side of a mountain slope, in a tropical rain forest, near the Guard cabin.

Altitude: 716 m asl. 

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

Collection number(s): DDS 15378

Collection Date: November 15, 2018

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2326916.Plant samples submitted for anticancer testing.

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