(Zingiberaceae) Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen
Local name(s): (Mak neng)
Medicinal use(s): treat nervous (system) disorders
Part(s) used: whole plant
Field Characters: Herb 2 m tall, fruits brown-haired, flowers white with a yellow spot.
Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of city. GPS reading: 20o 40.032’ N; 102o 00.133’ E.
Habitat: Edge of forest in a broadleaved evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.
Altitude: 730 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue
Collection number(s): DDS 15062
Collection Date: September 25, 2014
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314170.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Useful references:
Chen Z, Ni W, Yang C, et al. Therapeutic Effect of Amomum villosum on Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Rats. Front Pharmacol 2018, 20(9):639. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00639
Chen X, Sun S, Han X, et al. Multiomics comparison among populations of three plant sources of Amomi Fructus, Horticulture Research 2023, volume 10, issue 8, uhad128, https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhad128.
Chen Y, Tiantian Wang T, Liang H, et al. Functional Characterization and Catalytic Activity Improvement of Borneol Acetyltransferase from Wurfbainia longiligularis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2024, vol 72/issue 23.
Feng L, Wang Z, Lei,Z, et al. Amomum villosum Lour.: An insight into ethnopharmacological, phytochemical, and pharmacological overview. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2024, volume 335, 118615. ISSN 0378-8741. DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2024.118615
Zeng, Yawen & Kazim, Muhammad & He, Wei & Deng, Lin & Yang, Xiaomeng & Li, Xia & Pu, Xiaoying & Yang, Jiazhen. (2022). Chemical Constituents of Functional Food Amomum villosum to Combat Human Diseases. Current Chinese Science 2022, 01. DOI: 10.2174/2210298101666210923124548