(Connaraceae) Rourea minor (Gaertn.) Merr.

Local name(s): (mah vor)

Medicinal use(s): Used for neuralgia. 

Part(s) used: vine

Field Characters: Woody vine growing to 16-20 m tall; thorny; fruits green turning yellowish when ripe.

Locality: Vientiane, Feuang District 

Habitat: Forests

Altitude:  m asl 

Collector(s): B. Southavong

Collection number(s): Southavong 0129

Collection Date: May 10, 1999

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Local name(s): (kheua ma vor)

Medicinal use(s): Used for involution of uterus (uterus disease). 

Part(s) used: liana

Field Characters: Small tree, leaves pinnately compound, imparipinnate, leaflets lanceolate and highly acuminate, fruits ovular-rhomboid, yellow-green on one side and red on the other side, on sizable pedicels.

Locality: Laos: Xiengkhouang Province, Kham District, Xiengkhouang Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, mountain road between Muang Kham and Ban Tha GPS reading: 19o 42.557’ N; 103o 35.409’ E.

Habitat: Roadside. Good quality, secondary tropical rainforest, on a mountain slope.

Altitude: 1137 m asl 

Collector(s): J.M. Henkin, K. Sydara, M. Xayveu, D.D. Soejarto

Collection number(s): JMH 023

Collection Date: December 10, 2015

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Useful references:

Murthy HN, Yadav GG, Kadapatti SS, et al. Evaluation of the Nutritional, Phytochemical, and Antioxidant Potential of Rourea minor Fruits: An Underutilized Species. Horticulturae 2023, 9(5):606. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9050606

Osman CP, Zahari Z, Adenan MI, et al. A review on traditional uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of the genus Rourea. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 2019, vol. 9(09), pp 125-131. Available online at http://www.japsonline.com.

Yedelli K, Pathangi RK. Assessment of Anti-Diabetic and Antioxidant Activities of Rourea Minor Stems in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats. J Med Chem Sci, 2023, 6(6) 1370-1382. https://doi.org/10.26655/JMCHEMSCI.2023.6.17