(Lamiaceae) Clerodendrum schmidtii C.B.Clarke
Local name(s): (pouang pee khao, pang kee dong)
Medicinal use(s): used as a general tonic.
Part(s) used: root
Field Characters: Shrub, fruits green, calyx red, plant hairy. Dark forest floor.
Locality: Savannakhet Province, Kaysone district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, at 19 km from city center on road Kaysone-Seno.
Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rain forest in regeneration from some degree of past conversion.
Altitude: 158 m asl
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, O. Souliya
Collection number(s): DDS 14940
Collection Date: December 18, 2013
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313694.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityGlobal Biodiversity Information FacilityUseful references:
Ashrafuzzaman M, Khadija Khatun Keya KK, Golam Sarwar AKM. Species Diversity of the genus Clerodendrum L. (Lamiaceae) in Bangladesh Agricultural University Campus and their use in traditional medicines. East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy 2024, 18(1): 01 - 12. DOI:10.26679/pleione.18.1.2024.001-012
Wang J-H, Luan F, He X-D, et al. Traditional uses and pharmacological properties of Clerodendrum phytochemicals. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine 2018, volume 8, issue 1, pages 24-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcme.2017.04.001.