Chusie Trisonthi

• Chiang Mai University

Inta A, Trisonthi C, Pongamornkul W, Panyadee P. 2023. Ethnobotany of Zingiberaceae in Mae Hong Son, Northern Thailand. Biodiversitas 24: 2114-2124. Zingiberaceae (ginger family) is one of the most important used plant families in Thailand. In this study, the uses of ginger species among the ethnic groups in Mae Hong Son province, northern Thailand...

Drug resistance in pathogenic microorganisms threatens both human and animal health. This has prompted the search for new antimicrobial drugs, including the ones from plant-derived medicines. Some researchers have suggested that medicinal plants used by multiple cultures are more likely to be pharmacologically active. We interviewed 808 informants...

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Plants have provided medicine to humans for thousands of years, and in most parts of the world people still use traditional plant-derived medicine. Knowledge related to traditional use provides an important alternative to unavailable or expensive western medicine in many rural communities. At the same time, ethnomed...

Based on concerns that useful weed diversity in agroecosystems as well as associated traditional knowledge may be declining due to agricultural intensification and indiscriminate eradication of weeds, we studied weed diversity and use by local ethnic groups in tea plantations in northern Thailand under different agricultural intensities and landsca...

Cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) is genetically diverse, and the numerous landraces represent a valuable genetic resource for present and future rice breeding. Part of the genetic rice diversity is held by the ethnic minority groups of Tai Lue and Akha who migrated from southern China to northern Thailand over the past two centuries. We analysed v...

Global climate change can be expected to drive losses in plant diversity. To exemplifying this issue, the potential impact of climate change on nine medicinal plants relating to Karen women’s healthcare in northern Thailand was investigated using species distribution models. Climatic and non-climatic variables were used to develop the distribution...

Digestive system disorders have a substantial effect on worldwide morbidity and mortality rates, including in Thailand, where the majority of the rural areas have a lack of proper sanitation and awareness about disease prevention. This has led to the prevalence of different types of digestive diseases. Karen people in Thailand still use medicinal p...

We studied traditional medicinal plant knowledge among the Karen in northern Thailand. To compare traditional medicinal knowledge in 14 Karen villages in northern Thailand and determine culturally important medicinal plant species in each Karen village. We interviewed 14 key informants and 438 non-specialist informants about their traditional knowl...

We studied traditional knowledge of medicinal plants use of the Yuan in northern Thailand, documenting and analysing traditional medical practices and its trend in the younger generations. To providing useful information for appropriate and sustainable management under the urbanization and other developments and use of natural resources in their co...

Plant Diversity in Hmong and Mien Homegardens in Northern Thailand. We surveyed 180 homegardens in three Hmong and three Mien villages in northern Thailand to study their floristic diversity and composition and to understand the impact of forced migration and ecological conditions for the development of the rich homegarden flora. We also looked at...

Ethnopharmacological relevance We studied traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used for women's healthcare in three Hmong villages in northern Thailand and determined how prevalent such knowledge is. We documented traditional medical practices and determined which of the species used are culturally important among the Hmong. Materials and met...

We studied traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used for women's healthcare in three Hmong villages in northern Thailand and determined how prevalent such knowledge is. We documented traditional medical practices and determined which of the species used are culturally important among the Hmong. We interviewed six key informants and 147 non-spe...

A study of the diversity of fig trees (Ficus spp.) and their pollinators in parts of Chiang Mai Province in Thailand was conducted from June 2007 to May 2009. 13 monoecious and 13 dioecious species were recorded (twenty-nine taxa in total) representing all six subgenera. The largest group of 11 species belonged to subgenus Urostigma followed by Syc...

We studied local knowledge and actual uses of medicinal plants among the Mien in northern Thailand, documenting traditional medical practices and its transfer between generations. With the assumption that discrepancies between knowledge and actual use represent knowledge erosion, we studied whether actual use of medicinal plants corresponded to peo...

Ethnopharmacological relevance We studied local knowledge and actual uses of medicinal plants among the Mien in northern Thailand, documenting traditional medical practices and its transfer between generations. Aim of the study With the assumption that discrepancies between knowledge and actual use represent knowledge erosion, we studied whether a...

A synopsis of Nymphaeaceae from Thailand was made by means of a literature search, consultation of herbarium specimens in several Thai and European herbaria, and a survey of 47 wetlands throughout Thailand. Nymphaeaceae phylogeny, habitats and reproductive ecology are reviewed. All species encountered were cultivated at Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden...

Management and use of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.—the lotus plant—was studied in 58 wetlands distributed throughout Thailand. Although traditionally harvested in extractive systems depending on natural wetlands, N. nucifera is now increasingly being managed. Two hundred eighty informants mentioned 20 different uses, mainly for food, medicine, and reli...

The survey aims to study the effect of geographic separation of ethnic groups on local knowledge of medicinal plants used by Akha people in Thailand and China, who were separated 100-120 years ago, to see how different the two geographically distinct but culturally similar groups were in this respect. Interviewing 10 villagers in each of five Akha...

We describe aspects of the mutualistic relationship between the dioecious SE Asian fig tree Ficus montana and its pollinator, Liporrhopalum tentacularis. Female wasps actively collect pollen, which they later deposit inside receptive figs that they have entered. Inside male figs, we found that the reproductive success of lone females that did not c...

Khao Lommuak is a small and steep isolated limestone hill located on the eastern coast of peninsula Thailand. The primary natural habitat of the hill is forest over limestone hill, with some scrub and cultivated gardens at the base. As 90% of the hill's perimeter adjoins the sea, there are also some sea cliff vegetation, bare rocks and sandy beach....

Two isolectins (ALA-I and ALA-II), were isolated from seed extracts of Artocarpus lakoocha by anion exchange chromatography on Q-Sepharose fast flow columns at pH 8.5 and 8.0 ALA-I was unbound to the column at pH 8.5 and moved towards the cathode in non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, whereas ALA-II possessed opposite properties. The...

A new lectin was purified from the seeds of Butea monosperma by affinity chromatography on N-acetyl galactosamine-agarose. The purified lectin has an apparent molecular mass of 67 000 Da by gel filtration on a Superose 6HR 10/30 column. The lectin appears to be comprised of two non-covalently bound subunits with molecular masses of 32 000 and 34 00...

Study on species diversity of Ficus in Banpong conservation forest was conducted from July 2007 to June 2008. Ten species in Sycidium, Sycomorus and Urostigma were found. The monoecious group composed of 3 subgenera, Ficus altissima Bl., F. benjamina L., F. drupacea Thunb., F. lacor Ham., F. racemosa L., F. religiosa L., F. superba Miq. and F. micr...