(Zingiberaceae) Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen
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Field Characters: Large shrub, flowers dull pale yellow with deep yellow crest at the top, fruits dark brownish red with spiny bristles.
Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Paksan District, Somsavath Village, Medicinal Plant Preserve.
Habitat: 26-hectare remains of forest on flat terrain, with many species of large trees still remaining.
Altitude: 150 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto
Collection number(s): DDS 13498
Collection Date: July 19, 2004
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Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2275333.--
Local name(s): ໝາກ ແໜ່ງ (mak neng)
Medicinal use(s): treat nervous (system) disorders
Part(s) used: whole plant
Field Characters: Herb 2 m tall, fruits brown-haired, flowers white with a yellow spot.
Locality: Oudomxay Province, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city.
Habitat: Edge of forest in a broadleaved evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.
Altitude: 730 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue
Collection number(s): DDS 15062
Collection Date: September 25, 2014
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Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314170--
Local name(s): (Mak Neng Kao)
Medicinal use(s): as a health tonic
Part(s) used: rhizome
Field Characters: Large lignified herb, leaves large, elliptic, dark green, sheathing, alternate, with a few smaller leaves close to the base of the stem.
Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Bolikhan District, Somsavath Medicinal Plant Preserve, off road near Ban Kampay and Ban Somsavath.
Habitat: Roadside. Good quality secondary lowland tropical rainforest.
Altitude: 163 m asl.
Collector(s): J.M. Henkin, O. Souliya
Collection number(s): JMH 091
Collection Date: December 16, 2015
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Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2318754..--
Local name(s): ໝາກ ແໜ່ງ (mak neng)
Medicinal use(s): treat gastric disorders
Part(s) used: root; fruit
Field Characters: Shrub with rhizome. Inflorecence arising from rhizome. Flower white. Fruit a capsule, round, hairy.
Locality: Khammouane Province; Nyomalat District; Tong Kong Village, roadside 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_032
Collection Date: July 21,2023
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Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2336048.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
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