(Zingiberaceae) Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen

Local name(s): ໝາກ ແໜ່ງ (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 Province, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of the city. 

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

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Local name(s): ໝາກ ແໜ່ງ (mak neng)

Medicinal use(s): treat gastric disorders

Part(s) used: root; fruit

Field Characters: Shrub with rhizome. Inflorecence arising from rhizome. Flower white. Fruit a capsule, round, hairy. 

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_032

Collection Date: July 21,2023

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314170; 2336048.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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