(Celastraceae) Salacia verrucosa Wight
Local name(s): (Ta Kuang)
Medicinal use(s): treat gastritis; also rheumatism.
Part(s) used: stem
Field Characters: Shrub growing to 3 m tall, fruits green, turning orange when ripe.
Locality: Vientiane Municipality, Sathany District, Hua Sieng Village.
Habitat: Jungle with wet soil.
Altitude: m asl.
Collector(s): M. Xayveu
Collection number(s): Xayveu 0165
Collection Date: May 17, 1999
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2334790.--
Local name(s): (Tha Keuang)
Medicinal use(s): treat constipation.
Part(s) used: Vine (= stem)
Field Characters: Vine, starts out like a tree, then grows like a vine. Leaves simple, opposite. Fruit baseball-sized, orange, growing from stem on short peduncle. One fruit per peduncle, two to three-seeded, with fleshy, orange pulp inside, edible.
Locality: Boikhamxay Province, Paksan District
Habitat: Jungle with wet soil.
Altitude: 165 m asl.
Collector(s): A. Libman, S. Bouamanivong, K. Kunsawanh
Collection number(s): LAOS_510
Collection Date: July 13, 2003
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2334790.--
Local name(s): (mak pet pee) ; (mak pet pa)
Medicinal use(s): Used to remove tooth caries.
Part(s) used: root
Field Characters: Woody vine, fruits yellow, turning orange-red. 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 14948
Collection Date: December 18, 2013
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313691.--
Local name(s): (pao tong) ; (xom xeune nyai)
Medicinal use(s): Stop flatulence.
Part(s) used: stem
Field Characters: Tree, flowers profuse, light green, long-pedicelled, in loose axillary globular clusters.
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 14943
Collection Date: December 18, 2013
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313692.--
Local name(s): ເຄືອ ຕາ ກວາງ ໃຫຍ່ (keuah ta kouang nyai) ; ກໍາ ແພງ ເຈັດ ຊັ້ນ (kam peng jet san)
Medicinal use(s): treat rheumatism; also stomachache
Part(s) used: stem (bark and wood)
Field Characters: Big liana climbing up on a tree, cut stem-wood displays red color lines, leaves opposite.
Locality: Savannakhet Province, Kaysone Pomvihan District, Dong Na Tat Forest Preserve, km 19.
Habitat: Broadleaved monsoonal forest.
Altitude: 160 m asl.
Collector(s): K. Sydara, M. Xayvue, Th. Sonemanyvong
Collection number(s): KS 19-027
Collection Date: March 24, 2014
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313790.--
Local name(s): ເຄືອ ຕາ ກວາງ (kheua ta kuang)
Part(s) used: Liana
Field Characters: Shrubby liana 2-3 m tall, leaves opposite, fruits globular, green, turning yellow to orange, 7 mm across, seed pulpy, pulp sweet.
Locality: Khammouane Province, Nyomalat District, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, at the eastern flank of the Nakai Nan Theum National Park, at Pou Ak mountain.
Habitat: Secondary forest along the road.
Altitude: 204 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, M. Xayvue, M. Vanthanuvong.
Collection number(s): DDS 15475
Collection Date: May 29, 2023
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no.2336093.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
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