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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Spatholobus parviflorus (DC.) Kuntze (= S. roxburghii Benth.)
Names.
Myanmar
:
da-ma-nge
,
labanru
,
nwe-ni
,
pauk-nwe
,
rubanru
.
Hawaiian
:
maula
,
maulu
.
Range.
Asia: China; Indian subcontinent, including Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka; Indo-China, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Taninthayi, and Yangon.
Conservation status.
Least Concern [LC] (
IUCN 2017
).
Use.
Leaf
: Used for medicinal purposes (exact uses not given in
Perry 1980
).
Notes.
In Indonesia two other members of the genus are used medicinally: 1.
S. ferrugineus
is drunk to treat colic; and, after childbirth, a decoction of the pounded stem, leaves, or the sap is ingested as a remedy for faulty menstruation and uterine hemorrhage. 2. An infusion of the sap of
S. littoralis
is drunk, and the feet are washed with it as a remedy for difficulty in moving the legs (
Perry 1980
).
Reference.
Perry (1980)
.