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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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380
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Viscum cruciatum Sieber ex Boiss.
Names.
Myanmar
:
kyibaung
,
taung-kyibaung
.
English
: mistletoe.
Range.
In Europe, northern Asia, and northern Africa. In Myanmar, found in Ayeyarwady, Magway, and Shan.
Use.
Leaf
: In Upper Myanmar, leaves are powdered and a paste is made for use in a local antiphylogistic application.
Notes.
In India the whole plant is used for "puss formation"; from the leaf a poultice is made for neuralgia, and ash is placed on itching skin (
Jain and DeFilipps 1991
). In Indo-China young children are bathed in a decoction of the plant to treat fevers (
Perry 1980
).
Reference.
Perry (1980)
.