(Apocynaceae) Urceola rosea (Hook. & Arn.) D.J.Middleton
Local name(s): (mouk kheua)
Medicinal use(s): Treat paralysis.
Part(s) used: Liana
Field Characters: Woody vine, 15 m above ground, fruits a follicetum, of two long, cylindrical, brown follicles with white dots.
Locality: Savannakhet Province, Kaysone district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, at 19 km from city center on road Kaysone-Seno.
Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rain forest in regeneration from some degree of past conversion.
Altitude: 158 m asl
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, O. Souliya
Collection number(s): DDS 14946
Collection Date: December 18, 2013
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313727.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineFlora of China Vol. 16 Page 184GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityUseful references:
Dong DD, Li H, Jiang K, et al. Diverse lignans with anti-inflammatory activity from Urceola rosea. Fitoterapia 2019, 134:96-100. DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2019.02.011
Ngoc HN, Nghiem DT, Pham TLG, et al. Phytochemical and analytical characterization of constituents in Urceola rosea (Hook. & Arn.) D.J. Middleton leaves. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 2018, volume 149, pages 66-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2017.10.031