(Staphyleaceae) Dalrympelea pomifera Roxb.

Local name(s): ກົກ ດູກ ຕໍ່ (kohk douk toh) ; ຕ້າງ ຕໍ່ (tang toh) ; ສາມ ສິບ ສອງ ໂຕ ສັດ (sam seep sohng toh sat)

Medicinal use(s): treat broken bone; rheumatism.

Part(s) used: Leaf (broken bone); stem (rheumatism)

Field Characters: Tree 7 m tall, fruits green, globular. 

Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of city. 

Habitat: Forested slope in a broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.

Altitude: 850-900 m asl. 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue 

Collection number(s): DDS 15113

Collection Date: September 26, 2014.

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Local name(s): ສິບ ສອງ ລາ ສີ (sip song lassi)

Medicinal use(s): liver diseases, skin diseases, can treat 12 diseases.

Part(s) used: fruit, root, stem

Field Characters: Large tree, 10-15m in height, 50cm dbh; leaves simple, glabrous, slightly crenate. Inflorescence paniculate. Flowers small.

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

Habitat: Sekong MBP, shade, side of hill

Altitude: 520 m asl 

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

Collection number(s): BGE 280

Collection Date: November 19, 2019

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Huang NH-C, Chiou C-T, Hsiao P-C, et al. Cytotoxic Phenylpropanoids and a New Triterpene, Turformosinic Acid, from Turpinia formosana. Molecules 2012, 17, 1837-1851. DOI: 10.3390/molecules17021837