The medicinal plants of Myanmar Author DeFilipps, Robert A. Deceased Author Krupnick, Gary A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1357-4826 Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC- 166, Washington, DC, 20013 - 7012, USA krupnick@si.edu text PhytoKeys 2018 2018-06-28 102 1 341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380 1314-2003-102-1 AA226A35FFF8FFBC37621A40C2518C67 1306325 Grangea maderaspatana (L.) Poir. Names. Myanmar : taw-ma-hnyo-lon , ye-tazwet . English : madras wormwood. Range. Widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa, Madagascar, and Asia. In Myanmar, found in Bago and Yangon. Conservation status. Least Concern [LC] ( IUCN 2017 ). Uses. Leaf : Used as anthelmintic, antipyretic, and antispasmodic. Note. Medicinal uses of this species in India are discussed in Jain and DeFilipps (1991) as follows: The leaf is used as an infusion and electuary for obstructed menses and hysteria, for anodye and antiseptic fomentations; also an antispasmodic, stomachic and deobstruent. Reference. Nordal (1963) .