(Phyllanthaceae) Baccaurea ramiflora Lour.  

Local name(s):  (mak pai)

Medicinal use(s): Used to treat liver inflammation.

Part(s) used: 

Field characters: Tree 8 m tall, leaves smooth, flowers and fruits hanging from ; fruits green turning yellow when mature. 

Locality: Vientiane, Laos

Habitat: Old field, naturalized.

Altitude:     asl.

Collector(s): S. Bouamanivong

Collection number(s): Bouamanivong 83 ( = LAOS_083)

 Collection date: November 20, 1997

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2192500.
     Project: GLX

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Local name(s):  

Medicinal use(s): Used to treat cancer.

Part(s) used: stem.

Field characters: Tree 13-17 meters high. Leaves alternate, simple, obelliptic or obovate, 4-8 cm wide and 10-22 cm long. Fruits yellowish-orange when ripe.

Locality: Sayaboury Province, Sayaboury District, Nala Village.

Habitat: 

Altitude:     m asl.

Collector(s): Monekham Sensavang

Collection number(s): LAOS_409

 Collection date: April 24, 2002

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2246563.
     Project: ICBG


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Local name(s):  

Medicinal use(s): to treat cancer

Part(s) used: stem bark.

Field characters: Big tree. Leaves simple, alternate, growing close together, all clumped at head of stem. Some leaves spotted with whitish-green specks. Fruits not found but told that it has red fruits.

Locality: Oudomxay Province, Beng District, Tha Meun Village.

Habitat: 

Altitude:   879  m asl.

Collector(s): A. Libman, V. Somsamut, M. Xayvue

Collection number(s): LAOS_473

 Collection date: June 16, 2003

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2252588.
     Project: ICBG

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Local name(s):  

Medicinal use(s): Used to treat dermatological disorders.

Part(s) used: stem wood.

Field characters: Tree about 5-8 m high. Leaves simple, lomg, elliptic, alternating at about 75-degree angle.

Locality: Champasac Province, Bajieng District, Nong Sai Village.

Habitat: 

Altitude:   182  m asl.

Collector(s): A. Libman, O. Souliya, B. Vanavong

Collection number(s): LAOS_550 (=  AL 163)

 Collection date: August 7, 2003

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2252480.
     Project: ICBG

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Local name(s): ໝາກ​ ໄຟ​ ແດງ (mak fai daeng)

Medicinal use(s): Used to treat cases of inflammation, bacterial infection, and is used as body tonic.

Part(s) used: bark, root

Field characters: Many-branched tree 10 m tall, trunk diameter 10-20 cm dbh, bark light gray, slash pale yellowish white, fruits blackish purple, profuse, in pendulous racemes, along branches and trunk. Only this plant is seen.

Locality: Xieng Khouang Province, Kham District, Kham Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, 15 km from Kham town.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest. Edge of a forest along the road.

Altitude: 1130 m asl.

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

Collection number(s): DDS 14953

 Collection date: May 16, 2014

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 313826.
    Project: CCF

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Local name(s): ໝາກ​ ໄຟ​ (mak fai)

Medicinal use(s): used to treat liver disease.

Part(s) used: stem (= stembark + stemwood)

Field characters: Large tree, leaves spirally arranged, lanceolate, acuminate, bark brown and peeling.

Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Bolikhan District, Somsavath MedicinalPlant Preserve, off road near Ban Kampay and Ban Somsavath.

Habitat: Roadside. Good quality secondary tropical rainforest, lowland.

Altitude: 1137 m asl.

Collector(s): J.M. Henkin, O. Souliya 

Collection number(s): JMH 069

 Collection date: December 15, 2015

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2318645.
    Project: PO1

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 216Plants of the World online GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility 

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