(Primulaceae) Ardisia crenata Sims

Local name(s):  ກົກ ຕາ ກວາງ, ຕີນ​ ຈຳ​ ກ້ຽງ (kok ta kuang, tin cham kieng)

Medicinal use(s): Used to treat rheumatism.

Part(s) used: root

Field characters: Shrub, flowers pink, fruits deep red, glossy.

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): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue

Collection number: DDS 14993

Collection date: May 17, 2014 

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Local name(s): ຕາກວາງໃຫຍ່ (ຕີນຈໍາກ້ຽງ) (Ta kuang nhai, Tin cham kieng)

Medicinal use(s): as a tonic

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: Shrub, fruits light green, edge of leaf blade glandulous.

Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city. GPS reading: At the vicinity of 20o 39.858’ N; 102o 00.033’ E.

Habitat: Forest at the ottom of a slope in a broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.

Altitude: 740 m asl 

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

Collection number(s): DDS 15129

Collection Date: September 27, 2014

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313866; 2314146.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:

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