(Urticaceae) Debregeasia squamata King ex Hook.f.
Local name(s): ກົກສະບູ (Kok sa bou)
Medicinal use(s): for body wash (and clothing wash)
Part(s) used: leaf
Field Characters: Shrub, flowers minute, greenish- white, set in a dense, globular, axillary clusters.
Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city. GPS reading: At the vicinity of 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 15134
Collection Date: September 27, 2014
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314164.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineFlora of China Vol. 5 Page 186GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Useful references:
Almubayedh H, Ahmad, R. Ethnopharmacological uses,phytochemistry, biological activities of Debregeasia salicifolia: A Review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2018. DOI:10.1016/j.jep.2018.11.023
Thuy VTX, Hoang DX, Nguyen Thanh Son NT, et al. Indigenous knowledge, compound composition, biological activity of ethanol extract from (Debregeasia squamata). Journal of Science and Technology 2024, 229(09): 451 – 458. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34238/tnu-jst.9428