(Araliaceae) Macropanax schmidii C.B. Shang 

Local name(s): ເລັບ ມື ນາງ ຕົ້ນ; ຕ້າງ ຕໍ່ ຕົ້ນ (lep meu nang ton; tang toh ton)

Medicinal use(s): treat rheumatism

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: Tree 8 m tall, leaves palmate, on a long petiole, flowers yellowish green, disposed in an umbel on a long pedicel, in turn, these umbels are disposed on a long, a terminal raceme.

Locality: Oudomxay Province, 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 15069

Collection Date: September 25, 2014

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Useful references:

Afrin SR, Islam MR, Khanam BH, et al. Phytochemical and pharmacological investigations of different extracts of leaves and stem barks of Macropanax dispermus (Araliaceae): a promising ethnomedicinal plant. Futur J Pharm Sci  2021, 7, 165. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43094-021-00313-4

Hang PT, Hue NT, Nam NH, et al. Discovery of Four New Compounds from Macropanax membranifolius and Their Cytotoxic Activity. Chem Biodivers. 2023 Sep;20(9):e202301090. DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202301090

Luo Y, Liu H, Yin X, et al. Chemical constituents contained in Macropanax rosthornii. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2012 Jul;37(13):1977-80. Chinese. PMID: 23019882. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23019882/