(Urticaceae) Elatostema cyrtandrifolium (Zoll. & Moritzi) Miq.

Local name(s): ໂສມດິນ (ຫ້ອມຫ້ວຍ) (Som dinh, hom houay) 

Medicinal use(s): treat edema, swollen leg

Part(s) used: flower blossom, leaf

Field Characters: Semi-succulent herb on forest floor, gregarious, flowers minute, white, in pale green axillary clusters, stipules prominent, green.

Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of city. GPS reading: 20o 40.032’ N; 102o 00.133’ E.

Habitat: Broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.

Altitude: 730 m asl.

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

Collection number(s): DDS 15072

Collection Date: September 25, 2014

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314207.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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Useful references:


Photos of Elatostema cyrtandrifolium.Life - Plants: Genus Elatostema -- Elatostema cyrtandrifolium. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/820941-Elatostema-cyrtandrifolium/browse_photos

Uddin MZ, Paul A, Rakib A, et al. Chemical Profiles and Pharmacological Properties with in Silico Studies on Elatostema papillosum Wedd. Molecules 2021, 4:26(4):809.  DOI: 10.3390/molecules26040809

Ye H,  Li C, Ye W, et al. Medicinal Angiosperms of Urticaceae. In book: Common Chinese Materia Medica 2021, pp.187-261. DOI:10.1007/978-981-16-5888-4_4