(Salicaceae) Xylosma controversa Clos

Local name(s): ກົກ​ ໝາກ​ ຫວດ (kok mak huat)

Medicinal use(s): Used for the treatment of pain (analgesic).

Part(s) used: stem bark

Field characters: Tree 12 m tall, trunk slender, straight, 5 m to first branch, bark smooth, gray, flowers white, turning yellowish. 

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

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

Altitude: 1130 m asl

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

Collection number: DDS 14996

Collection date: May 17, 2014 


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Local name(s): (kok huat)

Medicinal use(s): Treat pain.

Part(s) used: stem bark

Field characters: Tree 10 m tall, flowers white, profuse. Common.

Locality: Xieng Khouang Province, Kham District, Kham Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, 15 km from Kham town.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest.

Altitude: 1130 m asl.

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

Collection number: DDS 14952

Collection date: May 16, 2014 

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313869, 2313825.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


Plants of the World onlineIndia Biodiversity PortalFlora of China Vol. 13 Page 121, 122

Useful references: 


Duarte-Casar R, Romero-Benavides JC. Xylosma G. Forst. Genus: Medicinal and Veterinary Use, Phytochemical Composition, and Biological Activity. Plants (Basel) 2022, 11(9):1252. DOI: 10.3390/plants11091252

Ye H, Li C, Ye W, et al. (2021). Medicinal Angiosperms of Flacourtiaceae, Tamaricaceae, Passifloraceae, and Cucurbitaceae. In (book): Common Chinese Materia Medica, pp.51-130), 2021. DOI:10.1007/978-981-16-5880-8_2