Erythroxylum cambodianum

Species of plant in Erythroxylaceae family

Erythroxylum cambodianum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Malpighiales
Family:  | Erythroxylaceae
Genus:  | Erythroxylum
Species:  |

E. cambodianum

Binomial name
Erythroxylum cambodianum

Pierre[1]

Synonyms

* Erythroxylum oblanceolatum Craib

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.

## Description and habitat[edit]

The taxa grows as a shrub some 1-3m tall, in clear and pine forests.[2]

## Distribution[edit]

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]

## Vernacular names[edit]

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]

## Uses[edit]

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]

## History[edit]

The French botanist Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre published the taxa in his Flore Forestiere de la Cochinchine in 1893.[9]

## Further reading[edit]

Additional information can be found in the following.

* Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
* Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
* Lê, T.C. (2005). Danh lục các loài thục vật Việt Nam [Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam] 3: 1-1248. Hà Noi : Nhà xu?t b?n Nông nghi?p.
* Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
* Toyama, H. & al. (2013). Inventory of the woody flora in Permanent plats of Kampong Thom and Kompong Chhnang provinces, Cambodia Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 64: 45-105.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Erythroxylum cambodianum Pierre". Plants of the World Online (POWO). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
2. ^ a b c Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. pp. 14, 15.
3. ^ NEWMAN, M.; and five others (2007). "New Records of Angiosperms and Pteridophytes in the Flora of Laos". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 64 (2): 225–251. doi:10.1017/S0960428607000923. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
4. ^ a b Sothearith, Yourk; and six others (2021). "Evaluation of Allelopathic Potentials from Medicinal Plant Species in Phnom Kulen National Park, Cambodia by the Sandwich Method". Sustainability. 13: 264. doi:10.3390/su13010264. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
5. ^ a b GRAPE, Victoria H.; and four others (2016). "Postpartum phytomedicine and its future in maternal healthcare in Prey Lang, Cambodia". Cambodian Journal of Natural History (2): 119–133. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
6. ^ a b Turreira Garcia, Nerea; Argyriou, Dimitrios; Chhang, Phourin; Srisanga, Prachaya; Theilade, Ida (2017). "Ethnobotanical knowledge of the Kuy and Khmer people in Prey Lang, Cambodia" (PDF). Cambodian Journal of Natural History. Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, Phnom Penh (1): 76–101. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
7. ^ a b Walker, Taylor. "An examination of medicinal ethnobotany and biomedicine use in two villages on the Phnom Kulen plateau". Digital Commons, Hollins University. Hollins University. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
8. ^ a b c KANCHANAPOOM, Tripetch; NOIARSA, Pawadee; TIENGTHAM, Pimonporn; OTSUKA, Hideaki; RUCHIRAWAT, Somsak (2005). "Acetophenone Diglycosides from Erythroxylum cambodianum". Chem. Pharm. Bull. 53 (5): 579–581. doi:10.1248/cpb.53.579. PMID 15863935. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
9. ^ "Erythroxylum cambodianum Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. t. 282 (1893)". International Plant Name Index (IPNI). The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

### Sources[edit]

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q15377413
* CoL: 3BFS4
* GBIF: 3694117
* IPNI: 336915-1
* NCBI: 1489645
* Open Tree of Life: 5515852
* Plant List: kew-2801304
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:336915-1
* Tropicos: 12500048
* WFO: wfo-0000679732

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