(Fagaceae) Lithocarpus toumorangensis A. Camus

Local name(s): ກໍ່ ຕາ ແລນ (Koh ta len)

Medicinal use(s): treat fever.

Part(s) used: stem bark.

Field characters: Treelet, 6 m tall, fruits green.

Locality: Xieng Khouang Province, Kham District, Kham Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, 15 km from Kham town. Ba Tha village, northern edge of MBP at meteorological station site.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest. Low-statured forest cover along slope.

Altitude: 1499 m asl.

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

Collection number(s): DDS 14981

Collection date: May 16, 2014 

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Local name(s): (Kor ta mou)

Medicinal use(s): to treat fever.

Part(s) used: stem bark.

Field characters: Large tree, bark grayish, lenticeled, with slight buttressing, leaves acuminate, alternate, panicles of tiny flowers.

Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Bolikhan District, Somsavath Medicinal Plant Preserve, off road near Ban Kampay and Ban Somsavath.

Habitat: Roadside. Good quality, seconday tropical rainforest, lowland. 

Altitude: 163 m asl.

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

Collection number(s): JMH 088

Collection date: December 16, 2015

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