(Rubiaceae) Ridsdalea kampucheana (Tirv.) J.J. Pereira

Local name(s): (ka dom)

Medicinal use(s): Treat muscle inflammation, muscle pain, bad smell from mouth.

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: Treelet, fruits ellipsoid to ellipsoid-ovoid, green, with longitudinal striations.

Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Paksan district, Somsavath Village, Medicinal Plant Preserve, at 20 km from Paksan city center.

Habitat: Secondary forest. Remnants of broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rain forest, in regeneration from past conversion process.

Altitude: 190 m asl 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto & O. Souliya

Collection number(s): DDS 15018

Collection Date: May 24, 2014

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313896.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Plants of the World onlineCay Co VN GS Pham Hoang Ho online 

Useful references:


Phung KV, Averyanov LV, Maisak TV, et al. Checklist of the genus Ridsdalea (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae) in Vietnam with description of the new species R. backanensis. PhytoKeys 2024, 239:1-12. https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/113017/


Vann HT, Nguyen TT, Ton HTT, et al. Phytochemical composition and antibacterial activity of ethanolic extract from trunk of Rothmannia wittii (Craib) Bremek. (Rubiaceae) newly found in Vietnam. BioTechnologia (Journal of Biotechnology, Computational Biology and Bionanotechnology) 2020,  vol. 101 (4),  pp. 301–307. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/bta.2020.100422. Online publish date: 2021/01/04