(Fabaceae) Bauhinia lakhonensis Gagnep

Local name(s): (Sai sang; Sieo)

Medicinal use(s): treat fever with spots

Part(s) used: vine

Field Characters: Vine, simple alternate leaves, heart-shipped tip and apex. Red square stem. Very fine, oramge pubescence on stem and leaves.

Locality: Champasac Province, Bajieng District, Ton Sa La Village.

Habitat: 

Altitude: 226 m asl.

Collector(s): A. Libman, O. Souliya, B. Vanavong  

Collection number(s): LAOS_560 (= Libman 560)

Collection Date: August 8, 2003.

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2252490.
Project: ICBG

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Local name(s): ສ້ຽວດອກຂາວ (Sieo dok khao) 

Medicinal use(s): to treat fever.

Part(s) used: liana (the stem).

Locality: Liana, leaves simple. Flowers with 5, white, free sepals. Fruits a legume, dehiscing by 2 valves.

Habitat: Tropical rainforest on flat lands. 

Altitude: 150 m asl. 

Collector(s): O. Souliya, K. Poulivong, D. Makien, S. Pimmavong 

Collection number(s): Onevilay YML_052

Collection Date: July 21, 2023

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2336073.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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Medicinal properties:


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