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Saraca laotica (Fabaceae), a new species from Laos

A new species of Saraca (Fabaceae-Detarioideae), S. laotica, is described and illustrated from Laos. It is characterized by leaflets with (9–)11–20 pairs of secondary veins, relatively larger, persis…
Shuichiro TAGANE, Kajonesuk PHENGMALA, Deuanta KONGXAISAVATH, Anousone SENGTHONG, Takenori YAMAMOTO, Phongphayboun PHONEPASEUTH, Quoc TRONG PHAM, Van-Son DANG& Phetlasy SOULADETH

published in 2026, English language

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wo new species of Melastoma L.(Melastomataceae) from Limestone Karst, Khammouane Province, central Laos

Two new species, Melastoma calcicolum Souvann. & Tagane sp. nov. and M. souladethianumSouvann. & Nob.Tanaka sp. nov. (Melastomataceae), are described from limestone karst habitats in Khammouan…
Keooudone SOUVANNAKHOUMMANE1, Nobuyuki TANAKA, Phetlasy SOULADETH, Shuichiro TAGANE, Van-Son DANG, Takenori YAMAMOTO, Kaito YAMAZAKI, Quoc Trong PHAM, Phongphayboun PHONEPASEUTH, Thyraphon VONGTHAVONE, Kajonesuk PHENGMALA, Deuanta KONGXAISAVATH & Anousone SENGTHONG

published in 2026, English language

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Fishes of the Indochinese Mekong

The Mekong River Basin, which is the largest river basin in Southeast Asia, extends from the Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea, and runs through Myanmar, China, Lao PDR (hereafter referred to as …
Bounthob Praxaysombath, etc.

published in 2021, English language

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Wild Foods and Nutrition: Iron

Wild plants like moringa, water spinach, bamboo shoots, and wild mushrooms, as well as animals like snails, crickets, and small fish, provide iron that helps keep your blood and body healthy. In the n…
Ehrensperger, Albrecht

published in 2026, English language

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Wild Foods and Nutrition: Vitamin A

Wild food species also provide vitamin A. Wild plants like yanang, climbing wattle, balsam apples, spiny amaranth, and Asiatic pennywort are rich in beta carotene, which the body can convert to Vita…
Ehrensperger, Albrecht

published in 2026, English language

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Planting and Seeding Rattan

Calamus viminalis is a climbing rattan palm with slender stems up to 35 m long and 0.5–1.5 cm in diameter. It has pale green sheaths with spines, long leaves (1–1.5 m), and produces small fruits about…
Bounchanh Mekaloun

published in 2026, English language

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Smooth Ball Mushrooms

Sustainable Harvest and Management of Wild Foods and Aquatic Species: Smooth Ball Mushrooms…
Bounchanh Mekaloun

published in 2026, English language

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Bitter Bamboo Propagation and Cultivation

Bitter Bamboo is a woody bamboo with straight stems 8–12 m tall and 3–5 cm wide. Young stems have tough, hairy sheaths, and leaves are long, narrow, and slightly hairy. It produces spike like flower…
Bounchanh Mekaloun

published in 2025, English language

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A Photo Guide to Plants of Nam Kading National Protected Area in Laos

The authors would like to express their gratitude to the managers and staff of the Nam Kading National Protected Area for granting permission and providing invaluable support for our botanical survey …
Phetlasy Souladeth, Takenori Yamamoto, Thyraphon Vongthavone, Deuanta Kongxaisavath, Anousone Sengthong, Kajonesuk Phengmala, Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth, Van-Son Dang, Quoc-Trong Pham, Vuong-Ba Truong, Quoc-Bao Nguyen, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Kotaro T. Takahashi, Tetsukazu Yahara, and Shuichiro Tagane

published in 2025, English language

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Five New Records of Cyperaceae for the Flora of Laos

Five species of Cyperaceae, Carex breviscapa, Carex cryptostachys, Cyperus trialatus, Fimbristylis kernii, and Mapania enodis, are recorded for the first time in Laos, the first of which was obtained…
Kotaro T. Takahashi, Phetlasy Souladeth and Shuichiro Tagane

published in 2025, language

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Three new records of Curcuma subgen. Ecomatae (Zingiberaceae: Zingibereae) for the flora of Laos

Three species of Curcuma subgen. Ecomatae, Curcuma bicolor, C. nakhonphanomensis and C. rubroaurantiaca, are newly recorded for the flora of Laos. Descriptions and colour plates, as well as notes on e…
Keooudone SOUVANNAKHOUMMANE, Phetlasy SOULADETH, Soulivanh LANORSAVANH & Jana LEONG-ŠKORNIČKOVÁ

published in 2025, English language

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An annotated checklist of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) from the Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos

Eleven species of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) are recorded from the Bolaven Plateau in southern Laos. A key to the species, photographs, vernacular names, taxonomic notes and information on distributi…
Kaito YAMAZAKI, Phetlasy SOULADETH & Shuichiro TAGANE

published in 2025, English language

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Studies on the Gesneriaceae in Laos II: Lysionotus calcicola, a new species from limestone karsts in north and central Laos, supported by morphological and molecular evidence

A new species of Gesneriaceae, Lysionotus calcicola Phonep., Soulad. & Souvann., is described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular evidence. This species is distributed in limeston…
Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth, Phetlasy Souladeth, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh, Shuichiro Tagane and Nobuyuki Tanaka

published in 2025, English language

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Two new records of Lasianthus (Rubiaceae) for the Flora of Laos

Two species of Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae), viz. L. biflorus (Blume) M.Gangop. & Chakrab. and L. hispidulus (Drake) Pit., from Nam Kading National Protected Area in central Laos, are reported as n…
Pham Q.T., Tagane S., Souladeth P., Yamamoto T., Phonepaseuth P., Vongthavone T., Kongxaisavath D., Truong B.V. & V.S. Dang

published in 2025, English language

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Three New Species and a New Record of Murdannia (Commelinaceae) for the Flora of Laos

The genus Murdannia Royle was recognized as a member of the family Commelinaceae, known for its beautiful and outstanding flowers, which made it highly valued as an ornamental plant. In this study, th…
Anousone Sengthong, Surapon Saensouk, Piyaporn Saensouk, Kajonesuk Phengmala, Thawatphong Boonma and Phetlasy Souladeth

published in 2025, English language

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Begonia In Southern Laos, With One New Country and Two New Regional Records

Ten species of Begonia are recorded from southern Laos, including a new record of B. rubrosetosa based on specimens collected recently from Dak Cheung Plateau, Sekong Province, in southern Laos, and t…
Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth, Cuong Huu Nguyen, Dang Ha Van, Phetlasy Souladeth and Noriaki Murakami.

published in 2025, English language

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Gomphandra laotica (Stemonuraceae), a New Species from Central Laos

A new species of Gomphandra, G. laotica Soulad., V.S.Dang & Tagane (Stemonuraceae) is described from central Laos. It is characterized by its capitate inflorescences, 7–12 pairs of secondary veins…
Phetlasy SOULADETH, Keooudone SOUVANNAKHOUMMANE, Van Son DANG, Takenori YAMAMOTO4 and Shuichiro TAGANE

published in 2025, English language

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Ilex namkadingensis: a new species of Aquifoliaceae from central Laos

Ilex namkadingensis V.S.Dang, Tagane & Soulad., a new species of Aquifoliaceae from Bolikhamxai, central Laos, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to Ilex rubr…
Dang V.S., Souladeth P., Nguyen Q.B., Kongxaisavath D., Phengmala K., Sengthong. A., Souvannakhoummane K., Vongthavone T., Yamamoto T., Tanaka N., Takahashi K.T. & S. Tagane

published in 2025, English language

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Vaccinium bidoupense (Ericaceae), a new species from Vietnam and Laos, with notes on V. petelotii and V. pseudobullatum

Vaccinium bidoupense, a new species of Ericaceae from the Central Highlands of Vietnam and their vicinity in Laos, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to V. petelo…
Thi Thanh Huong Nguyen, Shuichiro Tagane, Leonid V. Averyanov, Van Son Dang, Peter W. Fritsch, Yi-Hua Tong, Phetlasy Souladeth, Maxim S. Nuraliev.

published in 2025, English language

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Grewia souladethiana, a new species of Malvaceae from Laos

Grewia souladethiana (Malvaceae-Grewioideae) is described and illustrated from Phou Hin Poun National Park, Khammouane Province, in central Laos. The new species grows at the edge of evergreen broad-l…
KAJONESUK PHENGMALA, SHUICHIRO TAGANE, VAN-SON DANG, DEUANTA KONGXAISAVATH, TAKENORI YAMAMOTO, KEOOUDONE SOUVANNAKHOUMMANE, PHONGPHAYBOUN PHONEPASEUTH, THYRAPHON VONGTHAVONE, ANOUSONE SENGTHONG, PHAM QUOC TRONG, KAITO YAMAZAKI.

published in 2025, English language

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External Resources

More useful resources related to agrobiodiversity in Laos and South-East Asia.

Agro-ecology Learning alliance in South-East Asia

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility

A Community for Naturalists

The International Union for Conservation of Nature

Aquatic Foods for Healthy People and Planet

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