ໄມ້ມຸກ / Latax Wood Tree
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Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2019. "ໄມ້ມຸກ / Latax Wood Tree." Published April 3, 2019. https://www.phakhaolao.la/index.php/kb/0000231.
Chonemorpha vestita G.Don
Echites tomentosus Roth
Echites vestitus Roem. & Schult.
Hunteria eugeniifolia Wall. ex G.Don
Nerium coraea Buch.-Ham. ex A.DC.
Nerium tomentosum (Roem. & Schult.) Roxb.
Periploca arborea Dennst.
Wrightia coalita Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn
Wrightia coraia Wall. ex A.DC.
Wrightia hamiltoniana Wall.
Wrightia mollissima A.DC.
Wrightia mollissima Wall.
Wrightia pubescens Roth
Wrightia rheedei Kostel.
Wrightia tomentosa Roem. & Schult.
Wrightia wallichii A.DC.
Chinese: 胭木 [yan mu]
Trees to 20 m tall. Branches gray or brown, pubescent, lenticellate. Petiole 2-10 mm; leaf blade elliptic to broadly so or obovate, 6-18 × 3-8.5 cm, pubescent to glabrescent adaxially, tomentose abaxially; lateral veins 10-15 pairs. Cymes pubescent; peduncle to 2 cm. Pedicel 1-1.5 cm. Sepals ovate or broadly so, ca. 3 mm. Corolla yellowish, pinkish, or salmon, rotate or subrotate; tube 3-7 mm, glabrous; lobes narrowly elliptic to ovate, 0.8-1.6 cm, papillate; corona scales 10, shorter than anthers, glabrous inside, apex dentate. Ovaries connate. Follicles connate, cylindric, 14-21 × 3-4 cm, lenticellate. Seeds linear-fusiform, ca. 2 cm, coma ca. 3.5 cm.
The bark of the stem and roots is regarded as an antidote against snake bites and scorpion stings. The bark is also used to treat renal complaints. An indigo-yielding glucoside, used to dye clothes, can be obtained from the seeds, roots and leaves. The wood is light, soft and fine-textured. It is very suitable for carving and turnery, and is also used for general construction, pencils, wooden shoes and packaging