(Combretaceae) Terminalia alata B.Heyne ex Roth

Local name(s): (see "Additional Information" below)

Medicinal use(s): 

Part(s) used: 

Field Characters: Tree 20 m tall, dbh 50 cm, bark gray-black, fissured asd cracked, flowers creamy colored, ovary inferior.

Locality: Prefecture of Vientiane, Hatxiafong District, Ban Khuay Daeng.

Habitat: Logged-over secondary Dipterocarp forest.

Altitude: 250 m asl. 

Collector(s): D. D. Soejarto, B. Southavong

Collection number(s): DDS 10842

Collection Date: July 7, 1999.

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2218253. This specimen serves as taxonomic reference for the identity of Terminalia alata B. Heyne ex Roth.

Project:  GLXO-ICBG

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Local name(s): (Ton xeuak)

Medicinal use(s): to treat gastro-intestinal cancer.

Part(s) used: stem bark.

Field Characters: Big tree 10-20 m high, bark scaly, black, leaves alternate, large.

Locality: Champasak Province, Champasak District, Khanyeng Village.

Habitat: 

Altitude: 106 m asl. 

Collector(s): S. Bouamanivong, K. Phapkaysone, O. Keokongtone

Collection number(s): LAOS_779

Collection Date: June 6, 2005

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2282844.

Project:  ICBG

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


Plants of the World onlineJSTOR - Global PlantsGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility (as Terminalia elliptica)India Flora OnlinePham Hoang Ho -- Cayco Vietnam vol. 2, p. 106, plant #4362

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