(Rubiaceae) Psychotria manillensis Bartl. ex DC.

Local name(s): ຈູງ ​ຄານ (joung khan) ; ເຕີມ ​ກາ​ວ ອວງ (teum kao euang)

Medicinal use(s): tonic

Part(s) used: leaf

Field Characters: Small tree, approximately 30  cm high, trunk approx 1 cm in diameter. Leaf glabrous, margin smooth, 10 cm length, 4 cm width. Fruits red, glabrous, in a round umbel.

Locality: Sekong Province, Thateng District, Pa Leng Tai Village, Sekong MBP Thateng

Habitat: Sekong MBP Thateng - mostly shade, hillside

Altitude: 580 m asl 

Collector(s): B. Elkington, M. Xayvue, S. Setthavanxay 

Collection number(s): BGE 264

Collection Date: November 18, 2019

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2330410.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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Medicinal properties:

Ngnokam Jouogo DC, Tamokou JD, Teponno RB, et al. Chemotaxonomy and Antibacterial Activity of the Extracts and Chemical Constituents of Psychotria succulenta Hiern. (Rubiaceae). Biomed Res Int 2022, 2022:7856305. doi: 10.1155/2022/7856305.  

Yang H, Zhang H, Yang C, Chen Y. Chemical Constituents of Plants from the Genus Psychotria. Chem Biodivers 2016, 13(7):807-20. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.201500259.