(Araceae) Pothos scandens L.

Local name(s): ຫວາຍ ສະ ນ່ອຍ (vai sa noy)

Medicinal use(s): sore stomach

Part(s) used: fruit, leaf.

Field Characters: Climbing epiphyte with scandent shoots, spadix globular, yellowish, spathe purplish brown.

Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Paksan District, Somsavath Village.

Habitat: Medicinal Plant Preserve, remnants of forest on flat terrain, with many species of large trees still remaining, partial shade.

Altitude: 150 m asl. 

Collector(s): D. Soejarto

Collection number(s): DDS 13488

Collection Date: July 18, 2004

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Local name(s): ຫວາຍ ສະ ນອຍ; ເຄືອ ວູ່ມ ນ້ອຍ) (vai sa noi;  kheua voum noy) 

Medicinal use(s): treat rheumatism; for tonic of the joint  

Part(s) used: liana; leaf

Field Characters: Epiphytic climber, hugging on a tree, petiole winged. Plant sterile. 

Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city. GPS reading: 20o 40.032’ N; 102o 00.133’ E.

Habitat: Near forest edge, in a broadleaved evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.

Altitude: 730 m asl. 

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

Collection number(s): DDS 15067

Collection Date: September 25, 2014

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Useful references:

Dutta D, Bordoloi MJ,   N. K. Bhattacharyya NK. GENUS Pothos: A review of chemical constituents and biological activities. RASĀYAN J. Chem 2021, vol. 14, no. 3:2161-2170. https://rasayanjournal.co.in/admin/php/upload/3313_pdf.pdf

Gupta S, Shareen Singh S, et al. Pharmacological and phytochemical updates on Pothos scandens L.  Pharmacogn. Commn 2018, 8(4): 138-145 . https://phcogcommn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PharmaComm-8-4-138.pdf

Sajeesh T, Arunachalam K, Parimelazhagan T. Antioxidant and antipyretic studies on Pothos scandens L. Asian Pac J Trop Med 2011, 4(11):889-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60214-9