(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
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Local name(s): ອາລາງ, ສະຝາງ (Ton a lang)
Medicinal use(s): treat diarhea
Part(s) used: stem bark
Field Characters: Tree 10-15 m tall. Young branches reddish-brown. Fruits a pod, both ends tapered.
Locality: Khammuan Province; Nyommalath District; Thongkong Village, road side of Route to MBP; at the southern reaches of Nakai Nam Theum National Park.
Habitat: Tropical rainforest on flat level lands.
Altitude: 150 m asl.
Collector(s): O. Souliya, K. P., D. Makiem and S. Pimmavong
Collection number(s): Onevilay_YML_049
Collection Date: July 22, 2023
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313811; xxxxxx.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityMedicinal properties:
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