(Fabaceae) Albizia lebbekoides (DC.) Benth.
Local name(s): (Kharng hoong)
Medicinal use(s): to treat mouth inflammation ("Lammanad").
Part(s) used: stem wood and twig.
Field Characters: Big tree, 20-30 m high. Leaves alternate, leaves bipinnate, 20 pairs of leaflets. Flowers and fruits look like the flowers and fruits of Leucaena glauca.
Locality: Chapasak Province, Ba Chieng District, Nongxay Village.
Habitat:
Altitude: 2278 m asl.
Collector(s): B. Southavong, Mithouna, K. Kunsawanh, S. Saynhasing
Collection number(s): LAOS_288
Collection Date: February 5, 2002
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2246508.Project: ICBG
Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineWFO-The World Flora Online Pham Hoang Ho - Cayco Vietnam vol. 1, p. 828, plant #3324
Medicinal properties:
He Y, Wang Q, Ye Y, et al. The ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of genus Albizia: A review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2020, volume 257, 112677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2020.112677.