(Commelinaceae) Amischotolype hispida (A.Rich.) D.Y.Hong

Local name(s): ກາບ ປີ ໃຫຍ່ (kap pee nyai)

Medicinal use(s): treat fever

Part(s) used: whole herb

Field Characters: Ascending herb, pubescent. Leaf scabrous; margin of ochrea ciliate. Inflorescence lateral, multiflorous. Flower pink.

Locality: Khammuan Province; Nyommalath District; Thongkong Village, road side of Route to MBP; at the southern reaches of Nakai Nam Theum National Park. 

Habitat: Tropical rainforest on flat level lands. 

Altitude: 150 m asl. 

Collector(s): O. Souliya, K. Phoulivong, D. Makiem and S. Pimmavong 

Collection number(s): Onevilay_YML_035

Collection Date: July 21, 2023

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2336046.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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Medicinal properties:


Chang C-W, Chang H-S, Cheng M-J, et al. Identification of Five New Minor Constituents from the Whole Plant of Amischotolype hispida. Helvetica 2015, volume 98, issue 3, pages 347-358.  https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.201400179

Chen IS, Chang CW, MJ Cheng MJ, et al. Secondary metabolites and antimycobacterial activities from Amischotolype hispida. Planta Med 2014, 80 - P2O68. https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0034-1395058