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
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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)
.