(Rubiaceae) Mussaenda sanderiana Ridl.

Local name(s): ຕັງ ເບີ ເຄືອ (tang beu kheua)

Medicinal use(s): treat gonorrhea

Part(s) used: vine and root together

Field Characters: Vine, leaves opposite, flowers white, fruits round. 

Locality: Savannakhet Province, Kaysone Pomvihan District, Dong Na Tat Forest Preserve, km 19.

Habitat: Monsoonal forest; in forest opening.

Altitude: 160 m asl. 

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

Collection number(s): KS 19-049

Collection Date: March 25, 2014

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Local name(s): ຕັງ ເບີ ເຄືອ (tang beu kheua)

Medicinal use(s): treat syphilis

Part(s) used: vine

Field Characters: Vine, pubescent. Leaf ovate or sub-oblong. Inflorescence terminal. Fruit a berry. 

Locality: Khammouane Province, Nyomalat District, Thongkong Village, roadside of Route to MBP, at the southern reaches of Nakai Nam Theum National Park. 

Habitat: Tropical rainforest on flat level lands. 

Altitude: 150 m asl 

Collector(s): O. Souliya, K. Phoulivong, D. Makiem and S. Pimmavong 

Collection number(s): Onevilay_YML_037

Collection Date: July 22, 2023

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Dubost, J.M., Phakeovilay, C., Her, C. et al. Hmong herbal medicine and herbalists in Lao PDR: pharmacopeia and knowledge transmission. J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 15, 27 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-019-0307-2 

Gunasekaran S, Sundaramoorthy S, Mythili Sathiavelu, et al. The genus Mussaenda: A phytopharmacological review. J Chem Pharm Res 2015, 7(7):1037-1042. https://www.jocpr.com/articles/the-genus-mussaenda-a-phytopharmacological-review.pdf