(Connaraceae) Cnestis palala (Lour.) Merr.
Local name(s): (kheua hon kai deng, sa kham kheua)
Medicinal use(s): For gastritis.
Part(s) used: liana
Field Characters: Liana, flowers dull greenish white on terminal or axillary inflorescence, or ramiflorous, flowers profuse. Common.
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 14911
Collection Date: December 17, 2013
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Local name(s): ຂາມເຄືອ (kham kheua)
Medicinal use(s): Women take this medicine in cases when menstrual bleeding does not stop
Part(s) used: whole liana
Field Characters: Spreading liana, sterile.
Locality: Luang Prabang province, Park Ou district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve above Somsanouk village.
GPS reading: 20o 04.088’ N; 102o 16.438’ E.
Habitat: Subtropical monsoon forest on steep slope, ascending to the base of limestone mountain that rises precipitously to a peak of ca. 1000 m asl. Greater part of vegetation cover was leafless at the time of this fieldwork.
Altitude: 390 m asl
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue
Collection number(s): DDS 15430
Collection Date: February 10, 2020
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2330000.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineFlora of China Vol. 9 Page 435GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Useful references:
Dej-adisai S, Tinpun K, Wattanapiromsakul C, et al. Bio-activities and phytochemical investigation of Cnestis palala (Lour.) Merr. African J Trad, Compl Alt Medicines 2015, vol. 12, No. 3:, pages 27-37 . DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v12i3.3
Ranneh Y, Abu Bakar MF, Ismail NA, et al. Anti-aging and antioxidant of four traditional malaysian plants using simplex centroid mixture design approach. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2021 Dec;28(12):6711-6720. DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.07.048. PMID: 34866970; PMCID: PMC8626306.