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 Litchi chinensis Sonn. Names. Myanmar : kyetmauk , tayok-zi , wa-mayar. English : leechee, litchi, litchi nut, lychee. Range. South China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Philippines. Cultivated in Myanmar. Uses. Fruit : Heart, brain, and liver tonic. Also used as antidote in opium poisoning. Notes. Medicinal uses of this species in India are discussed in Jain and DeFilipps (1991) . Medicinal uses of this species in China are discussed by Duke and Ayensu (1985) . Litchi chinensis is reported to be used as a tonic, analgesic, anodyne, antitussive, and astringent; also for thirst, stomachache, adenopathy, anemia, angina, cancer, colic, diarrhea, eruptions, flux, gastralgia, gastritis, hernia, intestinal problems, neuralgia, orchitis, quinsy, smallpox, and tumor ( Duke 2009 ). Reference. Nordal (1963) .