(Vitaceae) Tetrastigma erubescens Planch.

Local name(s): (kheua kee khep)

Medicinal use(s): Treat skin diseases, rashes.

Part(s) used: leaves plus vine

Field Characters: Vine, fruits deep red. Common.

Locality: Xieng Khoang Province, Kham District, Kham Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, 15 km from Kham town. Ba Tha village.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest. Forest with semi-open canopy.

Altitude: 1200 m asl 

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

Collection number(s): DDS 15000

Collection Date: May 17, 2014


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Local name(s): (kheua houn)

Medicinal use(s): Treat boils, abcess.

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: Vine, fruits green to greenish yellow.

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 18, 2013

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313878, 2313726.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Plants of the World onlineFlora of China Vol.12 Page 195, 196, 197, 200GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Useful references:


Dao PTA, Quan TL, Mai NTT. Antioxidant Constituents from the Stem of Tetrastigma erusbescense Planch. (Vitaceae). Natural product sciences  (The Korean Society Of Pharmacognosy) 2013, vol. 20, issue 1, pages 22-28. https://typeset.io/papers/antioxidant-constituents-from-the-stem-of-tetrastigma-3jmj7tu93j

Zhang L, Li B, Wang M, Lin H, Peng Y, Zhou X, Peng C, Zhan J, Wang W. Genus Tetrastigma: A review of its folk uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology. Chin Herb Med. 2022 Mar 17;14(2):210-233. doi: 10.1016/j.chmed.2022.03.003.