Ziziphus cambodiana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Ziziphus |
| Species: | Z. cambodiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Ziziphus cambodiana | |
Ziziphus cambodiana is a deciduous thorny shrub, or vine, some 2-6m tall, of secondary undergrowth communities in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam[3][2] [4], and possibly northern Thailand.
Habitat, ecology
It has been identified as a riparian species growing along the Phra Prong River in Watthana Nakhon District, Sa Kaeo Province and flowering in June[5], and in Chiang Mai Province[6] in Thailand. In Mixed Deciduous Forest of Laos, the shrub becomes more common after logging, and to a lesser extent after shifting cultivation.[7] On the islands of the Mekong River between Kratié and Steung Treng in northern Cambodia the plant is moderately abundant.[8] It grows as a "wickedly spiny" climber/liana in the prevalent and persistent Bamboo and Deciduous Seasonal Hardwood Forest formations, and in degraded areas, secondary growth and Deciduous Diptercarp forest formations. There it flowers in April and May, fruits from October to December, and has leaves between May and December. The fruits are harvested.
Vernacular names
Common Khmer names for the plant include ângkrâ:ng (="red ant", an allusion to the nests of ants in its branches)[3], អដន្ទកគង[9], vor angkrong (vor=a term applied to vines)[4], អង្គ្រង, or angkrong.
Uses
The wood is used to make charcoal in Cambodia, and a decoction of the bark is used in traditional medicine to treat ovarian diseases and yeast infections.[3]
Amongst villagers in Svay Leu District, Siem Reap Province, northwestern Cambodia, living on the plateau of Phnom Kulen National Park, parts of the shrub are used in their ethnomedicine.[9] The wood chips are decocted alone to treat stomach ache, they are also combined with the vine Willughbeia edulis and wood chips from Cananga latifolia in a decoction to treat stomach ache, circulation problems and/or to increase appetite. In order to help in pregnancy, a decoction of Z. cambodiana bark and a unidentified vine known as trolaing piən is drunk.
Amongst Kuy- and Khmer-speaking people living in the same villages in Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces of north-central Cambodia, the plant is used as a source of medicine, for social use (i.e. "plants used for cultural purposes, which are not definable as food or medicines. This category includes stimulants, and plants used for games [modified according to local beliefs]"), and for material to make things (unspecified).[4]
The Bunong people of Mondulkiri Province, northeastern Cambodia, have a number of traditional medicine treatments that involve the shrub.[10] The fruits are eaten or are decocted and drunk alone or in a mixture with bark, root and wood of Cananga latifolia, whole plant of Hydnophytum formicarum, roots from various Leea species and Uraria crinita or U. lagopodiodes and bark of Vachellia harmandiana to treat stomachache. To treat diarrhoea, a decotion of bark, fruit and wood of Z. cambodiana is drunk. The leaves and wood of this plant together with those of Taxillus chinensis are decocted and drunk to treat cough. Leucorrhoea is treated with a decocted mix of the bark and wood of Amphineurion marginatum, C. latifolia, Harrisonia perforata, Polyalthia cerasoides , Uvaria rufa, Z cambodiana, and Ziziphus oenoplia, the leaves and wood of Hoya kerrii and roots of Leea species and Oroxylum indicum. A decotion of the roots of Z. cambodiana is drunk to treat food intolerance post-partum.
In northern Thailand, the plant has been identified as being used by Karen people of Chiang Mai Province, in order to treat gastric ulcers.[6]
Anti-malarial compounds have been identified in extracts from the bark.[11]
References
- ^ "Ziziphus cambodianus Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. Fasc. 20 (1894) t. 315a". International Plant Name Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Ziziphus cambodianus Pierre". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Science. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. p. 625.
- ^ a b c 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 (1). Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, Phnom Penh: 76–101. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Boontida Moungsrimuangdee; & others (2017). "Reproductive phenology and growth of riparian species along Phra Prong River, Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand" (PDF). Journal of Landscape Ecology. 10 (2). De Gruyter: 13pp. doi:10.1515/jlecol-2017-0003. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b Kornkanok Tangjitman; Chalobol Wongsawad; Kaweesin Kamwong; Treetip Sukkho; Chusie Trisonthi (2015). "Ethnomedicinal plants used for digestive system disorders by the Karen of northern Thailand". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 11 (Article number: 27). Springer. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Chansamone Phongoudome; & others (2013). "Changes in stand structure and environmental conditions of a mixed deciduous forest after logging and shifting cultivation in Lao PDR" (PDF). Asia Life Sciences: The Asian International Journal of Life Sciences. 22 (1). Rushing Water Publishers Ltd: 75–94. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ James F. Maxwell (2009). "Vegetation and vascular flora of the Mekong River, Kratie and Steung Treng Provinces, Cambodia" (PDF). Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology. 3 (1): 143–211. ISSN 1905-7873. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b Walker, Taylor J. (2016). An examination of medicinal ethnobotany and biomedicine use in two villages on the Phnom Kulen plateau. VA, United States/Siem Reap, Cambodia: Undergraduate Research Award, Hollins University Roanoke/Center for Mekong Studies, The School for Field Studies, Research Advisor: Lisa Arensen, Ph.D. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Chassagne, François; Hul, Sovanmoly; Deharo, Eric; Bourdy, Geneviève (2016). "Natural remedies used by Bunong people in Mondulkiri province (Northeast Cambodia) with special reference to the treatment of 11 most common ailments" (PDF). Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 191. Elsevier: 41–70. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Beroa, Joanne; Frederich, Michel; Quetin-Leclercq, Joelle (2009). "Antimalarial compounds isolated from plants used intraditional medicine". Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 61 (1401–1433). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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