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 Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd. Names. Myanmar : magwinapa , sinna , taung-petwun , taw-kalamet . English : kanack champa (adopted Hindi name). Range. India to Java. Widely distributed in Myanmar. Uses. Bark , Leaf : Used in skin diseases (smallpox). Leaf : Used as a styptic. Flower : Used as a tonic. Notes. In India the plant is considered antiseptic, depurative, and tonic; also employed for eruptions, fever, inflammation, leprosy, menorrhagia, puerperium, smallpox, sores, and tumors ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991 ). In South China a tincture of the root of another species in the genus, Pterospermum heterophllum , is drunk to treat rheumatism and ostealgia; on the Malay Peninsula, the bark of P. javanicum is used in a poultice for abdominal complaints; in the Philippines the bark and flowers of P. diversifolium are charred and mixed with the glands of another species to cause suppuration for smallpox ( Perry 1980 ). References. Nordal (1963) , Perry (1980) .