(Primulaceae) Ardisia helferiana Kurz

Local name(s): ຕີນ ຈໍາ ຂົນ (tin cham kohn)

Medicinal use(s): fever

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: Herbaceous plant, approximately 50 cm in height. Leaves alternate, margins slightly crenate, entire plant covered with small hairs. Fruits red, glabrous.

Locality: Sekong Province, Thateng District, Pa Leng Tai Village, Sekong MBP Thateng.

Habitat: Sekong MBP Thateng; partial shade.

Altitude: 520 m asl 

Collector(s): B. Elkington, M. Xayvue, S. Setthavanxay

Collection number(s): BGE 268

Collection Date: November 18, 2019

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Local name(s): ຕີນ ຈໍາ ຂົນ (tin cham kohn)

Medicinal use(s): Used as a diuretic, treat kidney stone.

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: Treelet, plant hairy, fruits green, glossy, flower buds dull greenish white, set on a long pedicel, disposed on a long, spreading, peduncled umbel. Not common.

Locality: Laos, Bolikhamxay Province, Paksan district, Somsavath Village, Medicinal Plant Preserve, at 20 km from Paksan city center.

Habitat: Secondary forest. Remnants of broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rain forest, in regeneration from past conversion process.

Altitude: 190 m asl 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto & O. Souliya

Collection number(s): DDS 15054

Collection Date: May 30, 2014

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313931.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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Useful references:

Liu B, Liu R, Liu Q, et al. The ethnomedicinal and functional uses, phytochemical and pharmacology of compounds from Ardisia species: An updated review. Med Res Rev 2022, 42(5):1888-1929. doi: 10.1002/med.21894. Epub 2022 Jun 6.