(Urticaceae) Debregeasia longifolia (Burm.f.) Wedd.
Local name(s): ຊ້າປ່ານ (ປ່ານປ່າ) (Sa pan, Pan pa)
Medicinal use(s): treat caustic ulcer (in Lao: ma heng fai)
Part(s) used: root
Field Characters: Shrub, upper leaf surface green, lower surface gray-white, flowers minute, greenest in globular glomerules, in turn, arranged in branched clusters.
Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city. GPS reading: 20o 40.032’ N; 102o 00.133’ E.
Habitat: Clearing in a broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.
Altitude: 730 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue
Collection number(s): DDS 15076
Collection Date: September 25, 2014
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314158.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
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Useful references:
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Amatya G, Kunwar RM, Bussmann RW, et al. Debregeasia longifolia (Burm. f.) Wedd. Urticaceae. In: Kunwar RM, Sher H, Bussmann RW. (eds), Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions, 2021. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_78-1
Bo Q, Hanqing W, Dayuan Z. Investigation on the chemical constituents of Debregeasia longifolia Natural Product Research and Development 2003, 15(1):21-23. https://europepmc.org/article/cba/361087
Mahmoud NMO. Debregeasia longifolia: Biochemistry, Functions and Utilization. In book: Wild Fruits: Composition, Nutritional Value and Products 2019, pp.371-377. 10.1007/978-3-030-31885-7_29. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-31885-7_29
Sathak Sameer SM , Manigandan P, Sivaraj C, et al. Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities of Methanol Extract of Leaves of Debregeasia longifolia Linn. International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research 2014, 6(3): 567-572. https://impactfactor.org/PDF/IJPPR/6/IJPPR,Vol6,Issue3,Article26.pdf