(Lythraceae) Lagerstroemia tomentosa C. Presl

Local name(s): (kok peuoi khao) 

Medicinal use(s): treat diarrhea

Part(s) used: stem bark

Field Characters: Tree 8 m tall, dbh 10-15 cm, bark gray, flowers white.

Locality: Khammouane Province, Nyommalat District, at the eastern flank of the Nakai Nan Theum National Park, Pou Ark Mountain. GPS reading: 17o 58’ N; 105o 48’ E.

Habitat: Secondary forest along the road. 

Altitude: 204 m asl. 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, M. Xayvue, M. Vanthanuvong. 

Collection number(s): DDS 15489

Collection Date: May 29, 2023

Additional information:  

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

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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Useful references:

Al-snafi AE. Medicinal value of Lagerstroemia speciosa: an updated review. Int J Curr Pharm Res 2019, Vol 11, Issue 5, 18-26. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22159/ijcpr.2019v11i5.35708 https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ijcpr/article/view/35708/20818


Esfahani, B. N., Hozoorbakhsh, F., Rashed, K., Havaei, S. A., Heidari, K., & Moghim, S. (2014). Effect of Lagerstroemia tomentosa and Diospyros virginiana methanolic extracts on different drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences 2014, 9(3), 193-198. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311284/