(Asteraceae) Strobocalyx arborea (Buch.-Ham.) Sch.Bip.

Local name(s): ຈາງ​ ຈືດ (jang jeut)

Medicinal use(s): detoxification

Part(s) used: root, stem

Field characters: Large lignified herb, leaves alternately arranged and large (1’+) with short thick petioles, flowers in small, ovular, white capitulae, barely opened.

Locality: Xieng Khoang Province, Kham District, Kham Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, 15 km from Kham town. Ba Tha village.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest. Edge of forest along stream.

Altitude: 1130 m asl

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

Collection number(s): JMH 30

Collection date: December, 2015  

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2318639. 

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Plants of the World onlineFlora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 356, 358 (as Vernonia arborea)GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Useful references: 


Maulida Sari N, Aziza H, Aryani F, Murdianto M. Bioactivity of Vernonia arborea Leaves from Bentian Tribe as Natural Antioxidant and Antibacterial Based on Local Knowledge. Biol Med Natural Prod Chem 2023, vol 12, No 2. ISSN 2540-9328 (online). DOI: https://doi.org/10.14421/biomedich.2023.122.675-680  

Sadiq M, Sivasubramanian A, Karanath-Anilkumar A, et al. Zaluzanin-D enriched Vernonia arborea extract mediated copper oxide nanoparticles synthesis and their anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and DNA methylation altering properties. RSC Adv 2024, 14, 33809. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/ra/d4ra04032e  

Toyang NJ, Verpoorte R. A review of the medicinal potentials of plants of the genus Vernonia (Asteraceae). Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2013, volume 146, issue 3, pages 681-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2013.01.040