(Cucurbitaceae) Gymnopetalum integrifolium (Roxb.) Kurz
Local name(s):
Medicinal use(s): to treat cases of gonorrhea
Part(s) used: entire vine
Field Characters: Climbing herb with tendril. Leaves simple, alternate. Fruit drupe, oblong, seed numerous.
Locality: Bolikhamxai Province, Bolikhamxai Distr, Piang Village.
Habitat:
Altitude: m asl.
Collector(s): S. Bouamanivong, S. Saynhasing
Collection number(s): LAOS_755
Collection Date: May 31, 2005
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2282987.Project: ICBG
Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlinePham Hoang Ho: Cayco Vietnam 1999, vol. 1, p. 572, plant number 2284 Global Biodiversity Information FacilityWFO: The World Flora Online
Medicinal properties:
Qiu M, Chen S, Chen J, et al. Chemotaxonomy of cucurbitaceae. Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology 2025, 11. 673-685. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287681617_Chemotaxonomy_of_cucurbitaceae
Sekine T, Kurihara H, Waku M, Ikegami F, Ruangrungsi N. A new pentacyclic cucurbitane glucoside and a new triterpene from the fruits of Gymnopetalum integrifolium. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2002 May;50(5):645-8. DOI: 10.1248/cpb.50.645
Subin P, Sabuhom P, Naladta A, et al. An Evaluation of the Anti-Inflammatory Effects of a Thai Traditional Polyherbal Recipe TPDM6315 in LPS-Induced RAW264.7 Macrophages and TNF-α-Induced 3T3-L1 Adipocytes. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2023,45(6):4891-4907. doi: 10.3390/cimb45060311
Tangjitman K, Wongsawad C, Kamwong K, et al. Ethnomedicinal plants used for digestive system disorders by the Karen of northern Thailand. J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 2015, 11, 27 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0011-9