(Melastomataceae) Oxyspora curtisii King
Local name(s):
Medicinal use(s): treat cases of infection
Part(s) used: stem
Field Characters: Shrub 2 m high. Leaves simple, opposite, subparallel secondary veins, diverging from the base and converging toward the apex, hairs golden tawny. Flower with well developed hypanthium, corolla pink in color, filaments bent , commonly twisted.
Locality: Xiengkhouang Province, Kham District, Tha Village.
Habitat:
Altitude: m asl.
Collector(s): K. Sydara, O. Souliya
Collection number(s): LAOS_849
Collection Date: October 25, 2006
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2285077.Project: ICBG
Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityPham Hoang Ho: Cayco Vietnam 2003, vol. 2, p. 81, plant number 4254 (as Oxyspora curtisii)
Medicinal properties:
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
Norhayati N, Krishnasamy G, Jauri MH, et al. In vitro antitrypanosomal activity of Malaysian plants.
Journal of Tropical Forest Science 2013, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 1-8.
MR Mohamad Jemain, M Nik Musa'adah, A Rohaya, et al. In vitro antihyperglycaemic effects of some Malaysian plants. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 2011, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 467-472. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23617061