Erythroxylum cambodianum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Erythroxylaceae |
Genus: | Erythroxylum |
Species: | E. cambodianum
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Binomial name | |
Erythroxylum cambodianum | |
Synonyms | |
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Erythroxylum cambodianum is a shrub in the family Erythroxylaceae. It grows in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. The wood is used for pickets and as firewood.
The taxa grows as a shrub some 1-3m tall, in clear and pine forests. [2]
The species occurs in a number of countries of Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Laos (recorded from its southernmost district, Khong District [3]), Cambodia (including Phnom Kulen National Park [4]), Thailand. [1]
It is known as ភ្លៅមាន់ (phlov moan) (lit. Chicken's Thigh) in Khmer. [2] In the Prey Lang Forest of northern Cambodia, it is referred to as chompussek. [5] Amongst Kuy- and Khmer-speaking people living in the same villages of Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces of north-central Cambodia, it is referred to as ចំពុះសេក (chompussek) and ជង្គង់សេក (changkung sek). [6] The villagers living on Phnom Kulen in northeastern Cambodia refer to the plants as ផ្តិលមាស (ptəl mias) and ចង្អេងសេក (jong eng sek). [7] In northeastern Thailand it is known as huun-hai. [8]
In Cambodia the trunks are used to make pickets, the twigs are used as firewood. [2] The stem is used in traditional medicine, [4] while unidentified parts of the plant are used by the Kuy- and Khmer-speaking people living in the same villages of Stung Treng and Preah Vihear as a source of medicine. [6] Villagers living within the Prey Lang Forest, Cambodia, use an infusion of the root to help with post-natal blood circulation and stimulation of appetite. [5] A post-natal care medicine called lɔng is a decoction to drink made from 13 plants by villages on Phnom Kulen, one of the ingredients is the wood chips of Erythroxylum cambodianum. [7] Within Thai traditional medicine, the plant is used for anti-fever purposes and as an anti-inflammatory agent. [8]
The aerial parts of the species were identified as having the following phytochemicals with potential drug use: Two new acetophenone diglycosides, erythroxylosides A and B; two known flavans, one known flavonol glycoside and two known megastigmane glucosides: (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, quercetin 3-O-rutinoside, (3S,5R,6R,7E,9Smegastigman-7-ene-3,5,6,9-tetrol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside and citroside A. [8]
The French botanist Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre published the taxa in his Flore Forestiere de la Cochinchine in 1893. [9]
Additional information can be found in the following.
Erythroxylum cambodianum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Erythroxylaceae |
Genus: | Erythroxylum |
Species: | E. cambodianum
|
Binomial name | |
Erythroxylum cambodianum | |
Synonyms | |
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Erythroxylum cambodianum is a shrub in the family Erythroxylaceae. It grows in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. The wood is used for pickets and as firewood.
The taxa grows as a shrub some 1-3m tall, in clear and pine forests. [2]
The species occurs in a number of countries of Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Laos (recorded from its southernmost district, Khong District [3]), Cambodia (including Phnom Kulen National Park [4]), Thailand. [1]
It is known as ភ្លៅមាន់ (phlov moan) (lit. Chicken's Thigh) in Khmer. [2] In the Prey Lang Forest of northern Cambodia, it is referred to as chompussek. [5] Amongst Kuy- and Khmer-speaking people living in the same villages of Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces of north-central Cambodia, it is referred to as ចំពុះសេក (chompussek) and ជង្គង់សេក (changkung sek). [6] The villagers living on Phnom Kulen in northeastern Cambodia refer to the plants as ផ្តិលមាស (ptəl mias) and ចង្អេងសេក (jong eng sek). [7] In northeastern Thailand it is known as huun-hai. [8]
In Cambodia the trunks are used to make pickets, the twigs are used as firewood. [2] The stem is used in traditional medicine, [4] while unidentified parts of the plant are used by the Kuy- and Khmer-speaking people living in the same villages of Stung Treng and Preah Vihear as a source of medicine. [6] Villagers living within the Prey Lang Forest, Cambodia, use an infusion of the root to help with post-natal blood circulation and stimulation of appetite. [5] A post-natal care medicine called lɔng is a decoction to drink made from 13 plants by villages on Phnom Kulen, one of the ingredients is the wood chips of Erythroxylum cambodianum. [7] Within Thai traditional medicine, the plant is used for anti-fever purposes and as an anti-inflammatory agent. [8]
The aerial parts of the species were identified as having the following phytochemicals with potential drug use: Two new acetophenone diglycosides, erythroxylosides A and B; two known flavans, one known flavonol glycoside and two known megastigmane glucosides: (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, quercetin 3-O-rutinoside, (3S,5R,6R,7E,9Smegastigman-7-ene-3,5,6,9-tetrol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside and citroside A. [8]
The French botanist Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre published the taxa in his Flore Forestiere de la Cochinchine in 1893. [9]
Additional information can be found in the following.