(Lamiaceae) Congea tomentosa Roxb.

Local name(s): (kheua ka deng, kheua meng ka beua)

Medicinal use(s): Used for asthma.

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: Liana, inflorescences whitish, profusely flowered, showy from a distance. Common species throughout the preserve, especially on the canopy area.

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 14902

Collection Date: December 17, 2013

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313677.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

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