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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PhytoKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380
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Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl (= S. jamaicensis var. indica (L.) H.J. Lam)
Names.
Myanmar
:
aseik-taya
,
ye-chaung-pan
.
English
: Brazilian tea.
Range.
New World tropics. Widely dispersed in Myanmar.
Use
.
Leaf
: Used to treat ulcers.
Notes.
The medicinal uses of this species in India are discussed in
Jain and DeFilipps (1991)
. Indigenous medicinal uses of this species in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India) are described by
Dagar and Singh (1999)
.
The chemistry, pharmacology, history, and medicinal uses of this species in Latin America are discussed in detail by
Gupta (1995)
.
Reference.
Nordal (1963)
.