(Malvaceae) Microcos tomentosa Sm.

Local name(s):

Medicinal use(s): Used as a tonic for nursing mother, gastritis. 

Part(s) used: root, stem

Field Characters: Tree 15 m tall, fruits green, turning black. Only this one seen.

Locality: Savannakhet Province, Kaysone district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, at 19 km from city center on road Kaysone-Seno.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rain forest in regeneration from some degree of past conversion.

Altitude: 158 m asl 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, O. Souliya

Collection number(s): DDS 14908 

Collection Date: December 17, 2013

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313680.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

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Useful references:


Kaennakama S, Sichaem J, Khumkratok S, et al. A New Taraxerol Derivative from the Roots of Microcos tomentosa.  Natural Product Communications 2013, 8 (10): 1371-1372. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1934578X1300801007 

Somwong P, Suttisri R, Amnuoypol S. Chemical Constituents of Microcos tomentosa. Chemistry of Natural Compounds 2017, 53. DOI:10.1007/s10600-017-2003-6