(Clusiaceae) Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T. Anderson
Local name(s): (Mai li kuek)
Medicinal use(s): to treat rheumatism and liver disease.
Part(s) used: stem.
Field Characters: Treelet 4 m tall, latex yellow. Plant sterile.
Locality: Bolikhamsai Province, Paksan District, Somsavath Village, Medicinal Plant Preserve, at 26 km from Paksan city center.
Habitat: Secondary forest. Remnants of broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rainforest, in regeneration from past conversion process.
Altitude: 190 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, O. Souliya
Collection number(s): DDS 15042
Collection Date: May 30, 2014
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2313919.Project: CCF
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Local name(s): (Mak da; Som mong)
Medicinal use(s): to treat diarrhea.
Part(s) used: Bark; yellow latex.
Field Characters: Large tree 15-20m tall, dbh 30 cm, bark blackish gray, smoothish, slash white, with dots of white latex. Fruits profuse, large, globular with a scar of stigma of center, slice of fruit shows yellow, thick latex.
Locality: Oudomxay Province, Muan Xay District, Donxay Village, at the Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city.
Habitat: Forest on a mountain slope, in a broadleaved mixed, evergreen lowland tropical rainforest.
Altitude: 740-850 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue
Collection number(s): DDS 15121
Collection Date: September 27, 2014
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2314186.Project: CCF
Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineFlora of China Vol. 13 Page 41, 42GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityPham Hoang Ho - Cayco Vietnam vol. 1, p. 451, plant #1815 (as G. tinctoria)
Medicinal properties:
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Espirito Santo BLSd, Santana LF, Kato Junior WH, et al. Medicinal Potential of Garcinia Species and Their Compounds. Molecules 2020, 25(19):4513. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules2519451
Joseph KS, Dandin VS, Murthy Hosakatte N. Chemistry and Biological Activity of Garcinia xanthochymus: A Review. Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature 2016, 6(3), 173–194. https://doi.org/10.1080/22311866.2016.1199285