(Rubiaceae) Exallage cristata (Willd.) Nandikar & K.C.Kishor
Local name(s): (nya moung ka tay)
Medicinal use(s): For gastritis, yellow urine, yellow eye.
Part(s) used: whole plant
Field Characters: Prostrate herb, fruits green. Forest floor.
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 14947
Collection Date: December 17, 2013
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313705.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityWFO Plant List: Exallage
Useful references:
Al-Shuhaib MBS, Al-Shuhaib JMB. Phytochemistry, pharmacology, and medical uses of Oldenlandia (family Rubaceae): a review. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2024, 397(4):2021-2053. doi: 10.1007/s00210-023-02756-3.