(Fabaceae) Peltophorum dasyrhachis (Miq.) Kurz

Local name(s): (sa kham; ah lang)

Medicinal use(s): Used for bathing of nursing mother.

Part(s) used: stem bark

Field Characters: Large tree, to 25 m tall, fruits dry. Very common throughout the preserve.

Locality: Savannakhet Province, Kaysone district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, at 19 km from city center on road Kaysone-Seno.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rain forest in regeneration from some degree of past conversion.

Altitude: 158 m asl 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, O. Souliya

Collection number(s): DDS 14951

Collection Date: December 18, 2013

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313811.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

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Li YC, Kuo PC, Yang ML, et al. Chemical Constituents of the Leaves of Peltophorum pterocarpum and Their Bioactivity. Molecules 2019,24(2):240. doi: 10.3390/molecules24020240 
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Wiart C. Comment on Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activity of Volatile Oil from Peltophorum Dasyrachis Kurz Ex Bakar (Yellow Batai) and Bisabolane-Type Sesquiterpenoids. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2013, 61 (28), 7018-7018. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf400589d