Loxostigma griffithii (Wight) C. B. Clarke

Loxostigma griffithii (Wight) C.B.Clarke, Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(1): 60 (1883). 

Loxostigma griffithii (Wight) C.B.Clarke, Photo by Hoang Thanh Son

The native range of this species is Central Himalaya to S. China and N. Indo-China. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Vietnamese name: 

Hoa cự đài

Latin name: 

Loxostigma griffithii (Wight) C.B. Clarke – Didymocarpus griffithii Wight

Family: 

Gesneriaceae

Uses: 

Flu, dysentery, cholera, abnormal digestion.

Distribution: 

In China, the plant is used to treat influenza and B. Lao Cai encephalitis (Sa Pa). The tree grows naturally in moist forests, at altitudes above 1000m.

Flower and fruit season: 

July-October