(Rutaceae) Melicope pteleifolia (Champ. ex Benth.) T.G.Hartley
Local name(s): ຂົມ ລະ ຫວານ ຈໍ້ (kohm la wan joh) ; ໝາກ ມາດ (mak mat)
Medicinal use(s): treat coughs
Part(s) used: stem; root
Field Characters: Shrub 4-5 m tall, leaf trifoliolate, petiole pubescent. Leaflet oblong or obovate, margin entire. Inflorescence axillary, 4-12 cm long, many-flowered. Corolla white to pale yellow.
Locality: Khammuan Province; Nyommalath District; Thongkong Village, roud side of Route to MBP; at the southern reaches of Nakai Nam Theum National Park.
Habitat: Tropical rainforest on flat level lands.
Altitude: 150 m as.
Collector(s): O. Souliya, K. Phoulivong, D. Makiem and S. Pimmavong
Collection number(s): Onevilay_YML_023
Collection Date: July 21, 2023
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. xxxxxx.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
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Medicinal properties:
Hu R-D, Zhu W-L, Lin W-Y, et al. Ethanol extract of Evodia lepta Merr. ameliorates cognitive impairment through inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome in scopolamine-treated mice. Aging (Albany NY) 2024, 16(3):2385–2397. doi: 10.18632/aging.205486
Yao Q, Gao Y, Lai C, et al. The phytochemistry, pharmacology and applications of Melicope pteleifolia: A review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2020, volume 251, 112546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2020.112546Yoon JY, Jeong HY, Kim SH, et al. Methanol extract of Evodia lepta displays Syk/Src-targeted anti-inflammatory activity. J Ethnopharmacol 2013, 48(3):999-1007. DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.05.030
Xiong F, Liang HX, Zhang ZJ, et al. Characterization, Antioxidant and Antitumor Activities of Oligosaccharides Isolated from Evodia lepta (Spreng) Merr. by Different Extraction Methods. Antioxidants (Basel). 2021 Nov 20;10(11):1842. doi: 10.3390/antiox10111842