(Lamiaceae) Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl

Local name(s): ກົກ ເປືອກ ຜ້າ, ກົກ ຜ້າ ຮ້າຍ (kohk peuak pa, kohk pa hai)

Medicinal use(s): To treat goiter disease. 

Part(s) used: 

Field Characters: Tree, 8 m tall, leaves dark green above, gray-green below, flowers small, pink, profuse, set in a corymbose cluster.

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

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

Altitude: 1130 m asl 

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

Collection number(s): DDS 14969

Collection Date: May 16, 2014

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313843.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Plants of the World onlineFlora of China Vol. 17 Page 7Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Useful references:

Chandra M, Prakash O, Kumar R, Bachheti RK, Bhushan B, Kumar M, Pant AK. β-Selinene-Rich Essential Oils from the Parts of Callicarpa macrophylla and Their Antioxidant and Pharmacological Activities. Medicines (Basel). 2017 Jul 10;4(3). doi: 10.3390/medicines4030052
Lam DT, Le VTT, Quan PM, Minh PTH, Thuy TTT, Anh NTN, Tai BH, Kiem PV. Two new terpenoids from the leaves of callicarpa macrophylla. Nat Prod Res. 2019 Jul 13;:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2019.1639180

Soni RK, Dixit V, Irchhaiya R, Alok S. Callicarpa macrophylla: a review update on its botany, ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology. International Journal of Pharmacognosy 2024, vol. 11, issue 10, pages 87-94.


Wang ZH, Xu HJ, Zhai YY, et al. Three new labdane-type diterpenoids from Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl. Nat Prod Res. 2019 Oct;33(20):2904-2910. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1509336