Serial no: 55
Status: Complete
Last update: 2024-10-26
ຜັກຫວານປ່າ
Melientha
Melientha suavis Pierre
Plants
Woody plants
Trees and palms
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Local name:
ໄທ: ຜັກຫວານປ່າ.
ຫວຽດນາມ: ໂຣຊາງ, ໂຣຊາງຈົວຮົງ, ຊາງ, ລາຊາງ, ຍອດຣຸງ, ໂຣຍຸງ.
ກຳປູເຈຍ: ດາອາມເປຣັກ.
ອັງກິດ: melientha
( Local names: phak van pa, phak van dong, phak
van khok)
Synonyms
:
Melientha suavis subsp. macrocarpa Hiepko
Melientha suavis subsp. suavis
Melientha suavis subsp. suavis
Family:
Opiliaceae
Close relatives:
Description:
Ecology
Global distribution:
N/A
Distribution in Laos
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Landscape units
:
Endemism in Laos:
N/A
Invasiveness
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N/A
IUCN status
:
N/A
Lao official status
:
N/A
Use
Use types:
Food
Medicine
Medicine
Comments on use types:
Phak van is used as a forest vegetable, its shoots, inflorescences and young fruit
cooked in a fish or rattan curry or jeo. The ripe fruit is also edible. Leaves are used to treat sore throats in children and the roots are sometimes used to treat fever.
Domestication:
N/A
Seasonal availability:
Management:
N/A
Value chains:
N/A
Nutrition
Nutritional values:
Comments on nutritional values:
N/A
Nutrient | /100g | Remark |
---|---|---|
Proteins | N/A | N/A |
Carbohydrates | N/A | N/A |
Fats | N/A | N/A |
Vitamins | N/A | N/A |
Minerals | N/A | N/A |
Fibers | N/A | N/A |
References
Photo credits:
References:
Greijmans, M., Ketphanh, S., Lamxay, V., & Sengdala, K. 2007. Non-Timber Forest Products in the Lao PDR. A Manual of 100 Commercial and Traditional Products. The National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute. Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1888. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 762-763 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
Leti, M., Hul, S., Fouché, J.-G., Cheng, S.K. & David, B. 2013. Flore photographique du Cambodge: 1-589. Éditions Privat, Toulouse.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1888. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 762-763 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
Leti, M., Hul, S., Fouché, J.-G., Cheng, S.K. & David, B. 2013. Flore photographique du Cambodge: 1-589. Éditions Privat, Toulouse.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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