(Anacardiaceae) Rhus chinensis Mill.

Loc. name(s): ສົ້ມ ຟົດ (sohm poht)

Med. Use(s): thrush, bleeding of women

Part(s) used: root

Field characters: Large shrub-small tree, leaves serrate and sessile, ovate, acuminate, pinnately compound, imparipinnate, with unpaired leaves being subcordate instead of ovate, fruits panicles of faded red drupes.

Locality: Xiengkhouang Province, Kham District, Xiengkhouang Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, mountain road between Muang Kham and Ban Tha. 

Habitat: Roadside. Good quality, secondary tropical rainforest, on a mountain slope.

Altitude:  1137 m asl

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

Collection number: JMH 028

Collection Date: December 10, 2015

Additional information: 

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2320613.

Taxonomic information:  

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Useful references: 

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Gao J, Yang X, Yin W, Li M. Gallnuts: A Potential Treasure in Anticancer Drug Discovery. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2018;2018:4930371. doi: 10.1155/2018/4930371. eCollection 2018. Review. PubMed PMID: 29785193; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5896229.
Heirangkhongjam, M. D., & Ngaseppam, I. S. (2018). Traditional medicinal uses and pharmacological properties of Rhus chinensis Mill.: A systematic review. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 21, 43–49. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2018.06.011
Sariozlu, N. Y., & Kivanc, M. (2011). Chapter 60 - Gallnuts (Quercus infectoria Oliv. and Rhus chinensis Mill.) and Their Usage in Health. In V. R. Preedy, R. R. Watson, & V. B. B. T.-N. and S. in H. and D. P. Patel (Eds.) (pp. 505–511). San Diego: Academic Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-375688-6.10060-X
Tan, D., Yan, Q., & Ma, X. (2015). Chemical Constituents of Rhus chinensis. Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-015-1336-2