(Rubiaceae) Gaertnera junghuhniana Miq.
Local name(s): (khem deng pa)
Medicinal use(s): General tonic.
Part(s) used: root
Field Characters: Small shrub, fruits red, 2-lobed, somewhat compressed laterally. Forest floor.
Locality: Savannakhet Province, Kaysone district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, at 19 km from city center on road Kaysone-Seno.
Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rain forest in regeneration from some degree of past conversion.
Altitude: 158 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, O. Souliya
Collection number(s): DDS 14917
Collection Date: December 17, 2013
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313697.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityUseful references:
Malcomber ST, Taylor M. A Systematic Revision of Gaertnera (Rubiaceae, Gaertnereae). Ann Missouri Bot Garden 2009, 96(4):575-671. https://doi.org/10.3417/2002161
Wangwasit Ka, Wangwasit Kh. The genus Gaertnera (Rubiaceae). Thailand Thai Forest Bull, Bot 2021, 49(2): 206–211. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20531/tfb.2021.49.2.08.