(Fabaceae) Bauhinia penicilliloba Pierre ex Gagnep.

Local name(s):  (Khua Kap) 

Medicinal use(s): to treat dengue fever

Part(s) used: the vine (=stem)

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Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Paksan District, Pakkadan Village.

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Altitude:   m asl 

Collector(s): S. Bouamanivong

Collection number(s): LAOS_003

Collection Date: August 21, 1999

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Local name(s):  (Kheua kandaylingon; Thao lomlook) 

Medicinal use(s): to treat nerve pain, headache, as a tranquikizer.

Part(s) used: stem bark.

Field Characters: Liana having the shape of a ladder. Leaves opposite, two-lobed, with a fringe at leaf axil, petiole small.  Flowers and fruits not found. 

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

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Altitude:  2276 m asl. 

Collector(s): K. Korn, Mithouana, Souvanh, B. Southavong

Collection number(s): LAOS_281

Collection Date: February 5, 2002

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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

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