(Ebenaceae) Diospyros walkeri (Wight) Gürke

Local name(s): 

Medicinal use(s): considered a poison

Part(s) used: stem wood

Field Characters: Big tree, wood yellow. Leaves simple, alternate. Fruit looks like the fruit of Diospyros mollis.

Locality: Champasak Province, Ba Chieng District, Nongxay Village.

Habitat: 

Altitude: 208 m asl. 

Collector(s): Kham Korn

Collection number(s): LAOS_279

Collection Date: February 5, 2002

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2246514.
Project: ICBG
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Local name(s): 

Medicinal use(s): to treat cancer

Part(s) used: stem 

Field Characters: Big tree, wood yellow. Leaves simple, alternate. Fruit looks like the fruit of Diospyros mollis.

Locality: Champasak Province, Ba Chieng District, Nongxay Village.

Habitat: 

Altitude: 208 m asl. 

Collector(s): Kham Korn

Collection number(s): LAOS_279

Collection Date: February 5, 2002

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2246514.
Project: ICBG

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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