(Dilleniaceae) Dillenia pentagyna Roxb.

Local name(s): (sahn nyai)

Medicinal use(s): Treat paralysis.

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: Tree 10 m tall, fruits yellow. Vicinity of visitor center building.

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 14930

Collection Date: December 17, 2013

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313702.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

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Useful references:

Sabandar CW, Jalil J, Ahmat N, et al. Medicinal uses, chemistry and pharmacology of Dillenia species (Dilleniaceae). Phytochemistry 2017, 134:6-25. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2016.11.010. Epub 2016 Nov 23. PMID: 27889244.