(Rubiaceae) Oxyceros bispinosus (Griff.) Tirveng.
Local name(s): ເຄືອ ຄັດ ເຄົ້າ (keua khat khao)
Medicinal use(s):
Part(s) used: stem; root
Field Characters: Shrub with spines, opposite leaves,;flower white, fruits round.
Locality: Khammouane Province; Nyomalat District; north side of Route 12 between Xiang Dao and Na Huong
Habitat: Flat part of hill, just north of Route 12; secondary forest; partial sun; dry, red, sandy soil.
Altitude: 230 m asl.
Collector(s): B. Elkington, O. Souliya, B. Sinaphet, V. Soukvilay
Collection number(s): BGE 339
Collection Date: May 20, 2023
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2336031Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Medicinal properties:
Gunasekaran S, Sundaramoorthy S, Sathiavelu M, Arunachalam S. The genus Mussaenda: A phytopharmacological review. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research 2015, 7(7):1037-1042. https://www.jocpr.com/articles/the-genus-mussaenda-a-phytopharmacological-review.pdf
Vidyalakshmi K, Vasanthi HR, Rajamanickam GV. Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Mussaenda Species (Rubiaceae). Ethnobotanical Leaflets 2008, 12. https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:45860987