(Moraceae) Ficus sarmentosa Buch.-Ham ex J.E. Sm. 

Local name(s): ໄຮເຄືອ (Hai kheua)

Medicinal use(s): blood tonic for women after giving birth; tonic for stomachache

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: Liana, profuse stems and leaves, leaves gray underneath, latex milky white, fruits dull pale green, beset with brown lenticels.

Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city. GPS reading: 20o 39.858’ N; 102o 00.033’ E.

Habitat: Forest at the bottom of a slope in a broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.

Altitude: 740 m asl. 

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

Collection number(s): DDS 15116

Collection Date: September 27, 2014

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314191.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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Useful references:


Dimri A, Negi A, Semwal A, et al. The wound-healing activity of ethanolic and aqueous extracts of Ficus sarmentosa bark. International Journal of Pharmacy Research and Technology 2019, 9(1), 38–42. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31838/ijprt/09.01.05.

Negi A, Rawat A. Screening and in-vivo antiepileptic activity of leaves extracts of Ficus sarmentosa using albino wistar rats. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 2020, volume 9, issue 6, pages 1644-1662.  DOI: 10.20959/wjpr20206-17574 


Negi A, Semwal A, Dimri A, et al. Pharmacognostical Studies On The Leaves of Ficus Sarmentosa. International Journal for Pharmaceutical Research Scholars 2022,10: 33-40. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363364827_Pharmacognostical_Studies_On_The_Leaves_of_Ficus_Sarmentosa
Singh B, Sharma RA. Updated review on Indian Ficus species,Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2023, volume 16, issue 8, 104976.ISSN 1878-5352.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2023.104976.
Wang X-G, Wei X-Y, Tian Y-Q, et al. Antifungal Flavonoids from Ficus sarmentosa var. henryi (King). Corner. Agricultural Sciences in China 2010, volume 9, issue 5, pages 690-694. ISSN 1671-2927. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1671-2927(09)60144-9.