(Celastraceae) Salacia typhina Pierre

Local name(s): (kheua ta kai)

Medicinal use(s): General tonic.

Part(s) used: liana

Field Characters: Woody vine, flowers dull orange, small, fruits bright orange-red. 

Locality: Savannakhet Province, Kaysone district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, at 19 km from the 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 14909

Collection Date: December 17, 2013

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Local name(s): ໜາວເດືອນຫ້າ (Nao deuon ha)

Medicinal use(s): treat extreme fever

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: Shrubs 2-3 m tall with alternate leaves. Fruit  round, when ripe orange in color.  

Locality: Khammuan Province; Nyommalath District; roadside of Route 12 to border with Vietnam

Habitat: Tropical rainforest on flat level lands. 

Altitude: 150 m asl 

Collector(s): Onevilay Souliya, Khammanh Phoulivong, Daoleuang Makiem and Sonthaly Pimmavong

Collection number(s): Onevilay YML_094

Collection Date: July 22, 2023

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Morikawa T, Ninomiya K, Tanabe G, et al. A review of antidiabetic active thiosugar sulfoniums, salacinol and neokotalanol, from plants of the genus Salacia. J Nat Med 2021, 75(3):449-466. doi: 10.1007/s11418-021-01522-0 

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