(Vitaceae) Tetrastigma pubinerve Merr. & Chun

Local name(s): paen ເຄືອເຂົາແປ້ນ(ເຄືອຫຸນ) (Kheu khao paen)

Medicinal use(s): as a health tonic

Part(s) used: the vine (stem)

Field Characters: Vine, compressed. Leaf 3-palmately compound, leaflet lanceolate. Fruits a berry set on a short, axillary peduncle. 

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_047

Collection Date: July 22, 2023

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Zhang L, Li B, Wang M, et al. Genus Tetrastigma: A review of its folk uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology. Chin Herb Med 2022,  14(2):210-233.  DOI: 10.1016/j.chmed.2022.03.003