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 Cleome gynandra L. (= Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.; Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC.) Names. Myanmar : caravalla , gangala , hingala , taw-hingala . English : spiderflower, spiderwisp. Range. 300 m; Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, east to China and Malaysia. Widespread in Myanmar. Uses. Leaf : Rubefacient and vesicant. Seed : Febrifuge. Notes. In India the whole plant is used for scorpion sting; the leaf for rheumatism, neuralgia, stiff neck, diseases of the ear, pyorrhea, skin diseases, also vermicidal; the seed is used for cough; and an unspecified plant part is used for asthma and fever ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991 ). Reference. Nordal (1963) .