(Rubiaceae) Neanotis hirsuta (L.f.) W.H.Lewis  

Local name(s): ຫຍ້າມຸ້ງກະຕ່າຍ (ຫຍ້າສີ່ຫຼ່ຽມ)  (Nha moung ka tai; Nha si liem)  

Medicinal use(s): treatment of tinea versicolor (Skin disease)

Part(s) used: whole plant

Field Characters: Herbaceous plant forming an extensive ground cover, flowers pinkish white.

Habitat: Open field near forest. Broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest.

Altitude: 730 m alt.

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

Collection number(s): DDS 15087

Collection Date: September 26, 2014

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314200.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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Useful References:

Hung H-Y, Kun-Ching Cheng K-C, Ping-Chung Kuo, et al. Antioxidants (Basel). 2022, 11(2): 335. Published online 2022 Feb 9. doi: 10.3390/antiox11020335

 

Neanotis hirsuta. Useful Tropical Plants. https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Neanotis+hirsuta

 NWikström N, Suman Neupane S, et al. Phylogeny of Hedyotis L. (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae): Redefining a complex Asian-Pacific assemblage Taxon 2013, 62(2):357-374. DOI:10.12705/622.2