(Clusiaceae) Garcinia celebica L.
Local name(s): (Ly kuek)
Medicinal use(s): to treat leucorrhea.
Part(s) used: stem.
Field Characters: Treelet, leaves and branches opposite, leaves large and sturdy, dark green; bark gray with dark green striations. No latex noted.
Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Bolikhan District, Somsavath Medicinal Plant Preserve, off road near Ban Kampay and Ban Somsavath.
Habitat: Roadside. Good quality, secondary tropical rainforest, lowland.
Altitude: 163 m asl.
Collector(s): J. Henkin, O. Souliya
Collection number(s): JMH 081
Collection Date: December 15, 2015
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2318744.Project: ICBG
Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlinePham Hoang Ho -- Cayco Vietnam vol. 1, p. 451, plant #1826GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Medicinal properties:
Bui TQ, Bui AT, Nguyen KT, et al. A depsidone and six triterpenoids from the bark of Garcinia celebica.Tetrahedron Letters 2016, volume 57, issue 23, pages 2524-2529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.04.104.
Muchtaridi M, Sugijanto M, Mohd Gazzali A, Wahab HA. Anti-Neuraminidase Bioactives from Manggis Hutan (Garcinia celebica L.) Leaves: Partial Purification and Molecular Characterization. Molecules. 2020, 25(4):821. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25040821
Mustafa NH, Jalil J, Leong KE, et al. Phytochemical profile and diverse pharmacology of Garcinia celebica L. Heliyon 2024, 10(9):e30629. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30629
Tan WN, Tan ZH, Zulkifli NI, et al. Sesquiterpenes rich essential oil from Garcinia celebica L. and its cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities. Natural Product Research, 2020, 34(23), 3404–3408. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2019.1569012
Triyasa KS, Diantini A, Barliana MI. A Review of Herbal Medicine-Based Phytochemical of Garcinia as Molecular Therapy for Breast Cancer. Drug Design, Development and Therapy 2022, 16, 3573–3588. https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S358229