(Fabaceae-Papilionoideae) Tadehagi triquetrum (L.) H.Ohashi

Local name(s):  (nya nhot daeng); ຫຍ້າ ໜອນ ໜ່າຍ (nya nohn nyai) 

Medicinal use(s): Treat kidney stone, liver disease

Part(s) used: whole plant

Field characters: Herb on an open patch of forest edge, ground-level, young leaves copper-brown to brownish red.

Locality: Xieng Khoang province, Kham District, Kham Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, 15 km from Kham town. Ba Tha village.

GPS reading: 19o 42.613’ N; 103o 35.405’ E.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest. Edge of forest along stream.

Altitude: 1130 m asl.

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue 

Collection number(s): DDS 14992

Collection dates: May 17, 2014


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Local name(s): ຫຍ້າ ໜອນ ໜ່າຍ (nya nohn nyai) 

Med. Use(s): Treatment of cases of kidney stone affections and liver disease.

Part(s) used: whole plant

Field characters: Herb on open patch of forest edge, ground-level, young leaves copper-brown to brownish red, flowers purple-pink.

Locality: Sekong Province, Thateng District, Kouk Poung Village, Community medicinal plant garden.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest. Edge of forest along stream; partial sun.

Altitude: 730 m asl.

Collector(s): B. Elkington, S. Setthavanxay

Collection number(s): BGE 293

Collection dates: November 20, 2019

Additional information:  

Voucher specimens in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession numbers 2313865, 2330381.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:

Plants of the World online Flora of China Vol. 10 Page 285 Hong Kong Baptist University; School of Chinese Medicine; Medicinal Plant Images Database

Useful references: 

Song W, Xu Z, Gao P, Liu X. Chemical Composition and In Vitro Antioxidant Activity and Anti-Acetylcholinesterase Activity of Essential Oils from Tadehagi triquetrum (L.) Ohashi. Molecules. 2023; 28(6):2734. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28062734 

Tang HX, Sheng WB, Liu XY, et al. The traditional ethnic herb Tadehagi triquetrum from China: a review of its phytochemistry and pharmacological activities. Pharm Biol 2022,60(1):774-784. doi: 10.1080/13880209.2022.2052908 


Wu, J. et al. A new lignin with hypoclycemic activity from Tadehagi triquetrum. Nat. Prod. Res. 2015; 29(18).

 Xiaopo Zhang X, Changyu Chen C, Li Y, et al. Tadehaginosides A–J, Phenylpropanoid Glucosides from Tadehagi triquetrum, Enhance Glucose Uptake via the Upregulation of PPARγ and GLUT-4 in C2C12 Myotubes. J Nat Prod 2016, 79, 5, 1249–1258. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00820 


Zhang, X. et al. Tadehaginosides A–J, Phenylpropanoid Glucosides from Tadehagi triquetrum, Enhance Glucose Uptake via the Upregulation of PPARγ and GLUT-4 in C2C12 Myotubes. J. Nat. Prod.  2016; 79( 5): 1249-1258.

Zhang W, Li X, Hua Y, et al. Antioxidant product analysis of Hulu Tea (Tadehagi triquetrum).  New J Chem 2021,45, 20257-20265. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ02639A