(Rosaceae) Rubus alceifolius Poir. 

Local name(s): ​

Medicinal use(s): For treatment of various diseases:  nervousness, dermatological disorders, gonorrhea, pain.

Part(s) used: leafy twigs

Field characters: Shrub 2-3 m high, with short prickles. 

Locality: Oudomxay Province, La District. Lak Sip ha Village

Habitat: 

Altitude:  m asl.

Collector(s): Kham Korn

Collection number(s): LAOS_386

Collection date: March 23, 2002

Additional data:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2246588.
Project: ICBG
--

Local name(s): ​ໝາກ​ ຮູ້ (mak hou)

Medicinal use(s): Used to treat tongue rash.

Part(s) used: root

Field characters: Straggling shrub, fruits red. Common.

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

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

Altitude: 1130 m asl

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

Collection number(s): DDS 14960

Collection date: May 16, 2014 

Additional data:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2313833. 
Project: CCF

--

Local name(s): ​ໝາກ​ ຮູ້ (mak hou nhai)

Medicinal use(s): to treat dot on the throat.

Part(s) used: root.

Field characters: Shrub, thorned, leaves with acute apex, serrate and pronounced lobes which similarly come to points, leaves white on reverse. 

Locality: Xieng Khouang Province, Kham District, Xieng Khouang Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, forest on the other side of the small valley behind the lone house with the animal pen, off the mountain road between Muang Kham and Ban Tha.

Habitat: Roadside. Good quality secondary tropical rainforest, on a mountain slope.

Altitude: 1137 m asl.

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

Collection number(s): JMH 041

Collection date: December 11, 2015

Additional data:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2318617. 
Project: CCF

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Flora of China Vol. 9 Page 253Plants of the World onlineGBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Medicinal properties:


Gevrenova R, Zheleva-Dimitrova D, Balabanova V. The genus Rubus L.: An insight into phytochemicals and pharmacological studies of leaves from the most promising species. Pharmacia 2024, 71:1-12. https://doi.org/10.3897/pharmacia.71.e124248

 

Hummer, KE.  Rubus Pharmacology: Antiquity to the Present. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Clonal Germplasm Repository, 33447 Peoria Road, Corvallis, OR 97333. https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/2674/hummer%20rubus%20pharmacology.pdf


Lin, J. et al. Hepatoprotection in a rat model of acute liver damage through inhibition of CY2E1 activity by total alkaloids extracted from Rubus alceifolius Poir. Int J Toxicol. 2011 Mar;30(2):237-43. 
Rojas-Vera, J. et al.  Relaxant activity of raspberry (Rubus idaeus) leaf extract in guinea‐pig ileum in vitro. Phytother. Res. 2002; 6(7):665-668. 
Zhao, J. et al. Total alkaloids of Rubus alceifolius Poir. inhibit hepatocellular carcinoma growth in vivo and in vitro via activation of mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis. Internat. J. Oncol. 2013; online 3:971-978.