(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: 


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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