(Melastomataceae) Alomorphia eupteroton Guill.
Local name(s): ກົກ ຂໍ້ ຄ້ານ (kohk koh kan)
Medicinal use(s): detoxification caused by eating allergic food during puerperium
Part(s) used: stem or root
Field Characters: Shrub, leaves ovate, pedicel winged, blade-like, inflorescence spreading, paniculate, young fruits light green.
Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city.
Habitat: Forest at the bottom of a slope in a broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.
Altitude: 740 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue
Collection number(s): DDS 15119
Collection Date: September 27, 2014
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314189.Project: CCF
Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityPham Hoang Ho: Cayco Vietnam 2003, vol. 2, p. 79, plant number 4245 (as Allomorphia eupteroton)Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 2007, 45:588, Fig. 1 (as Oxyspora curtisii King)
Medicinal properties:
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Mahmud N. Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivity of Selected Species from the Family Melastomataceae. Dissertation & Theses, University of Malaya (Malaysia), University of Malaya (Malaysia) ProQuest, 2014, 30596591. https://www.proquest.com/openview/84af11fa9fefc9b9aa37e11586dec989/1?cbl=2026366&diss=y&pq-origsite=gscholar
Ocampo Serna DM, Isaza Martinez JH. Phenolics and polyphenolics from Melastomataceae species. Molecules 2015, 20(10), 17818-17847. 10.3390/molecules201017818