(Vitaceae) Leea aequata L.

Local name(s): ຄອນ ແຄນ (kohn ken) ; ຕ້າງ ໄກ່ ຂາວ (tang kai khao) 

Medicinal use(s): treat uterus infection

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: Large liana-like shrub, leaf pinnate to bipinnate, fruits dull green, in dense clusters.

Locality: Oudomxay Province, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city.

Habitat: Forest at bottom 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. Xayvue  

Collection number(s): DDS 15131

Collection Date: September 27, 2014

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Local name(s): ຕ່າງໄກ່ ( Tang kai)

Medicinal use(s): used a blood bleach or blood wash

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: Erect shrubs, up to 5 m tall. Leaves with petiole up to 20 cm long. Inflorescences 5-15 cm long, pubescent. Fruit a berry, spheroid. 

Locality: Khammuan Province; Nyommalath District; Thongkong Village, road side of Route to MBP; at the southern reaches of Nakai Nam Theum National Park. 

Habitat: Tropical rainforest on flat level lands. 

Altitude: 150 m asl. 

Collector(s): O. Souliya, K. Phoulivong, D. Makiem and S. Pimmavong 

Collection number(s): Onevilay_YML_043

Collection Date: July 22, 2023

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Hossain F, Mostofa MG, Alam AK. (2021). Traditional uses and pharmacological activities of the genus Leea and its phytochemicals: A review. Heliyon 2021, 7(2): e06222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06222 

Mostofa MG, Reza ASM, Khan Z, et al. Apoptosis-inducing anti-proliferative and quantitative phytochemical profiling with in silico study of antioxidant-rich Leea aequata L. leaves. Heliyon 2024, volume 10, issue 1, e23400. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23400

Purwaniati P, Kartasasmita, et al.  Pharmacological activities, isolated compounds, toxicity, and potential for new drug discovery from the genus Leea. Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy 2024, vol. 35, number 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/ijp.6654