(Hernandiaceae) Illigera celebica Miq.
Local name(s): ເຄືອສາມໃບ (ເຄືອຟອດຟາວຂຽວ) (Kheua sam bai; Kheua fot fao khiew)
Medicinal use(s): for scabies (skin disease)
Part(s) used: Leaf
Field Characters: Vine, leaves glabrous, flowers pinkish red, set on a long, 40 cm terminal panicles.
Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of city. GPS reading: At vicinity of 20o 40.0181’ N; 102o 00.155’ E.
Habitat: Forested slope in a broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.
Altitude: 750-800 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue
Collection number(s): DDS 15091
Collection Date: September 26, 2014
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314172.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineFlora of China Vol. 7 Pages 256, 259GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Useful references:
Dong J-W, Cai L, Xue-Jiao Li, et al. Monoterpene esters and aporphine alkaloids from Illigera aromatica with inhibitory effects against cholinesterase and NO production in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophages. Archives of Pharmacal Research 2016, 40(12). DOI:10.1007/s12272-016-0860-3
Li X-J, Dong J-W, Cai L, et al. Illigerones A and B, two new long-chain secobutanolides from Illigera henryi W. W. Sm. Phytochemistry Letters 2017, Volume 19, Pages 181-186 ISSN 1874-3900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2017.01.005