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 Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Rausch. (= F. cataphracta Roxb. ex Willd.) Names. Myanmar : kyetyo-po , mak-kyen , naywe . English : puneala plum. Range. Old World tropics. Sub-himalayan foot hill zone in India extending to southeastern Asia, China. "... not known in the wild state, but is cultivated around villages in tropical countries of SE Asia (occasional in Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Luzon)" ( Perry 1980 ). In Myanmar found in Mandalay, Taninthayi, and Yangon. Uses. Leaf : Used for stomatitis, diaphoretic; Fruit : Used for nausea and biliousness. Notes. Medicinal uses of this species in India are discussed in Jain and DeFilipps (1991) as follows: The bark is used as a prenatal and postnatal treatment for women to purify the blood (with roots of two other plants); the fruit is used for biliousness and liver complaints. Perry (1980) discusses the uses of this species in Indo-China and the Malay Peninsula. References. Nordal (1963) , Perry (1980) .