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 Brugmansia arborea (L.) Steud. Name. English : maikoa. Range. Andes (3050 - 3655 m), central Ecuador to northern Chile. In its natural range will not grow at low elevations. Cultivated in Myanmar. Conservation status. Extinct in the Wild [EW] ( IUCN 2017 ). Uses. Leaf : Used as sedative and antiasthmatic. Notes. Duke (2009) reports that this species is used for treating asthma, pain, and tumor; and is used as a suppurative and fumitory; also, as an intoxicant, narcotic, poison, and psychedelic. Reference. Nordal (1963) .