(Apocynaceae) Cynanchum corymbosum Wight

Local name(s): ເຄືອ ​ໝາກ ​ຢາງ ​ຂາວ; ໝາກ ​ຊິມ ​ຂົນ

Medicinal use(s): Treat kidney infection and TB cases.

Part(s) used: vine

Field Characters: Vine, fruits greenish yellow. Common plant.

Locality: Luang Prabang Province, Pak Ou district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve above Somsanouk village.

Habitat: Subtropical monsoon forest on steep slope, ascending to the base of limestone mountain that rises precipitously to a peak of ca. 1000 m asl. Greater part of vegetation cover was leafless at the time of this fieldwork.

Altitude: 415 m asl 

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

Collection number(s): DDS 15447

Collection Date: February 11, 2020

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2329962.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

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Useful references:

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Han L, Zhou X, Yang M, et al. Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Effects of Plants in Genus Cynanchum Linn. (Asclepiadaceae). Molecules 2018, 23(5):1194.  doi: 10.3390/molecules23051194 

Y, H, Li C, Ye W, et al. Medicinal Angiosperms of Asclepiadaceae and Periplocaceae. In book: Common Chinese Materia Medica pp. 539-598, January 2022. DOI:10.1007/978-981-16-5892-1_10