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Last update: 2024-10-26

ລີ້ນກະບື
Blindness tree

Excoecaria cochinchinensis Lour.


Plants
Woody plants
Trees and palms

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Local name:
Chinese: 红背桂 Eng: Chinese croton, Blindness tree, Buta Buta, Jungle Fire plant Thai: Ka buea, Kamlang krabue, Lin krabue, Bai thong daeng

Synonyms :
Antidesma bicolor Hassk.
Excoecaria bicolor (Hassk.) Zoll. ex Hassk.
Excoecaria bicolor var. orientalis (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Gagnep.
Excoecaria bicolor var. purpurascens Pax & K.Hoffm.
Excoecaria bicolor var. viridis Pax & K.Hoffm.
Excoecaria cochinchinensis var. viridis (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Merr.
Excoecaria orientalis Pax & K.Hoffm.
Excoecaria quadrangularis Müll.Arg.
Sapium cochinchinense (Lour.) Kuntze

Family:
Euphorbiaceae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology
Global distribution:
N/A

Distribution in Laos :

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Endemism in Laos:
N/A

Invasiveness :
N/A

IUCN status :
N/A

Lao official status :
N/A

Use
Use types:
Medicine

Comments on use types:

Domestication:
N/A

Seasonal availability:

Management:
N/A

Value chains:
N/A

Nutrition
Nutritional values:

Comments on nutritional values:
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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
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References:
Ahmed Fayaz. 2011. Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants - Identification and Cultivation of over 3,000 Tropical Plants. Firefly Books Ltd.; New Zealand.
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. 2000. World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Chayamarit, K. & Van Welzen, P.C. 2005. Euphorbiaceae (Genera A-F). Flora of Thailand 8(1): 1-303. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.

Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. 2016. An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.

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