(Lamiaceae) Premna latifolia Roxb.

Local name(s): (kheua mohk)

Medicinal use(s): Treat asthma disease.

Part(s) used: vine

Field Characters: Vine, fruits green on a corymbose cluster.

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

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest. Forest with semi-open canopy.

Altitude: 1200 m asl. 

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

Collection number(s): DDS 15001

Collection Date: May 17, 2014

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313879.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityFlora of China Volume 17 Page 21

Useful references:


Belinda AM, Febriyanti RM, Muhaimin. Chemical and pharmacological properties of selected medicinal plant species from genus Premna and their immunomodulatory potentials. Internat J Appl Pharmaceutics 2022, vol 14, special Issue 5. DOI: 

https://doi.org/10.22159/ijap.2022.v14s5.30

 

Dianita R, Jantan I. Ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological aspects of the genus Premna: A review. Pharm Biol 2017,55(1):1715-1739. doi: 10.1080/13880209.2017.1323225.