(Meliaceae) Dysoxylum macrocarpum (Spreng.) Blume ex G.Don

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Field Characters: Tree 15 m tall, dbh 20 cm, bark gray-white, slash greenish-yellowish, sap slight, sticky, leaves pinnate up to 1 ½ m long, fruits large up to 8 cm across, somewhat triangular in cross section, glabrous, 3-loculed. 

Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of city. 

Habitat: Forest trail on the western mountain slope of the preserve, in a tropical rain forest formation.

Altitude: 741 m asl. 

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

Collection number(s):  DDS 15410

Collection Date: November 18, 2018

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Local name(s):  ກ້ອງຕາເສືອ (Kong ta seu)

Medicinal use(s): treat diarrhea

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: Tree 8-20 m tall. Leaves even pinnate,  30-60 cm long. Leaflets 5-21cm, opposite. Petiolules 2-12 mm. Infloreacence a spike, axillary, less than 30 cm. 

Locality: Khammuan Province; Nyommalath District; Thongkong Village, roadside of Route to Khammouane Medicinal 

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_015

Collection Date: July 21, 2023

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2326931; 2333612. Plant samples for 2326931 were submitted for anticancer testing.

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