(Celastraceae) Salacia verrucosa Wight

Local name(s): ເຄືອ ຕາ ກວາງ (kheua ta kuang) 

Part(s) used: Liana 

Field Characters: Shrubby liana 2-3 m tall, leaves opposite, fruits globular, green, turning yellow to orange, 7 mm across, seed pulpy, pulp sweet.

Locality: Khammuan Province, Nyomalat District, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, at the eastern flank of the Nakai Nan Theum National Park, at Phu Ak mountain.

Habitat: Secondary forest along the road.

Altitude: 204 m asl. 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, M. Xayvue, M. Vanthanuvong. 

Collection number(s): DDS 15475

Collection Date: May 29, 2023

Local name(s): ເຄືອຕາກວາງໃຫຍ່, ກໍາແພງເຈັດຊັ້ນ (Kheua ta kuang nhai, Kam phaeng 7 sane)

Medicinal use(s): treat rheumatism; also stomachache

Part(s) used: stem (bark and wood)

Field Characters: Big liana climbing up on a tree, cut stem-wood displays red color lines, leaves opposite.

Locality: Dong na tat forest preserve, Km 19,  Kaisone Phomvihan district, Savannakhet province

Habitat: Broadleaved monsoonal forest.

Altitude: 160 m asl. 

Collector(s): K. Sydara, M. Xayvue, Th. Sonemanyvong 

Collection number(s): KS 19-027

Collection Date: March 24, 2014

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Local name(s): (mak pet pee, mak pet pa)

Medicinal use(s): Used to remove tooth caries. 

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: Woody vine, fruits yellow, turning orange-red. Dark 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 14948

Collection Date: December 18, 2013

Local name(s): (pao tong, xom xeune nyai)

Medicinal use(s): Stop flatulence. 

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: Tree, flowers profuse, light green, long-pedicelled, in loose axillary globular clusters.

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 14943

Collection Date: December 18, 2013

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Useful references:

Bagnazari M, Saidi, M, Chandregowda M M, Prakash HS, Nagaraja G. Phyto-constituents, Pharmacological Properties and Biotechnological Approaches for Conservation of the Anti-diabetic Functional Food Medicinal Plant Salacia: A Review Note. Applied Food Biotechnology 2017, Volume 4, Number 1, pp. 1-10(10). https://doi.org/10.22037/afb.v4i1.14499

Laikowski MS, Souza DM, Moura S. (2015). Genus Salacia: Chemical Composition, Antidiabetic Effect and other Bioactivities. The Natural Products Journal 2015, 05. 1-1. DOI:10.2174/2210315505666150930225628.