(Zingiberaceae) Alpinia tonkinensis Gagnep.
Local name(s): (kha khome)
Medicinal use(s): treat uterus pain
Part(s) used: rhizome (underground part)
Field Characters: Large herb, leaves banana-like, bladess 60 cm long, fruits globular, green, on a terminal, densely and narrowly packed raceme-like paniculate cluster.
Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Paksan District, Somsavath Village, Medicinal Plant Preserve, at 20 km from Paksan city center.
Habitat: Secondary forest, Remnants of broadleaved evergreen,lowland tropical rainforest, in regeneration from past conversion process.
Altitude: 190 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, O. Souliya
Collection number(s): DDS 15033
Collection Date: May 30, 2014
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Local name(s): ສານ ເຕ້ຍ (san tai)
Medicinal use(s): treat high fever
Part(s) used: root
Field Characters: Herb, stem solitary, 20-30 cm, covered with persistent leaf bases, fruits on a long, narrow, tightly packed panicle.
Locality: Khammouane Province; Nyomalat District; Tong Kong Village, roadside 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_058
Collection Date: July 22, 2023
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313910; xxxxxx.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
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Medicinal properties:
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