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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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380
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Indigofera cassioides DC. (= I. pulchella Roxb.)
Names.
Myanmar
:
kan-tin
,
mawk-kham
,
taw-mevaing
.
Hawaiian
:
sakina
.
English
: kathu.
Range.
Pakistan, India, Myanmar, China, Siam, and Indochina. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Chin, Mandalay, and Shan.
Use.
Roots
: Used for coughs.
Notes.
In India the powdered root of this species is externally applied for chest pain; a decoction of the root is used for coughs. Medicinal uses for several other species belonging to this genus are also discussed (
Jain and DeFilipps 1991
). Medicinal uses of the species in China are discussed in
Duke and Ayensu (1985)
; and medicinal uses in South China, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines are discussed in
Perry (1980)
.
Reference.
Perry (1980)
.