(Fabaceae) Bauhinia penicilliloba Pierre ex Gagnep.

Local name(s):  (Khua Kap) 

Medicinal use(s): treat dengue fever

Part(s) used:  vine (=stem)

Field Characters: 

Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Paksan District, Pakkadan Village.

Habitat: 

Altitude:   m asl 

Collector(s): S. Bouamanivong

Collection number(s): LAOS_003

Collection Date: August 21, 1999

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2222139.
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Local name(s):  (Kheua seo; sen phah) 

Medicinal use(s): treat diarrhea

Part(s) used:  liana (=stem)

Field Characters:  Thin, woody, winding liana with tendrils and woody hooks, leaves subpeltate, deeply two-lobed (roughly obcordate), with acute apices and rounded bases.

Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Bolikhan District, Somsavath Medicinal Plant Preserve.

Habitat:  Good quality, secondary tropical rainforest, lowland.

Altitude:   163 m asl. 

Collector(s): J.M. Henkin, O. Souliya

Collection number(s): JMH 078

Collection Date: December 15, 2015

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2318654.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

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