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 Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss (= B. arundinacea Willd.) Names. Myanmar : kyakat-wa , nga-chat-wa . English : giant thorny bamboo, spiny bamboo. Range. India to China, south through Thailand and Indo-China; cultivated elsewhere. Reported from Myanmar. Use. Shoot : Applied as poultice; also edible. Notes. In China the species is used as a treatment for jaundice, indigestion, and water retention; also, "The sap of the stem or a decoction of the unfolding leaves is administered as a treatment for fevers and rheumatic affections" ( Perry 1980 ). In Indo- China refreshing emollient leaves are used to treat fever, sore throat, and cough; finely chopped bark serves as an astringent for hemorrhage, menorrhea, nausea, and vomiting; roots and buds are emollient, diuretic, diaphoretic, and depurative, and are given for obstructions, and urinary and venereal problems; fresh roots, mixed with tobacco and Piper betle leaves and macerated in oil, serve as an unguent effective on hard tumors and cirrhosis; bark is bechic; and juice from young branches passed through fire are used to give relief for inflamed bronchial tubes ( Perry 1980 ). Reference. Perry (1980) .