Heynea trijuga Roxb. ex Sims

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 119

Heynea trijuga Roxb. ex Sims

Names.

Myanmar: taagat-ta-gyi. English: gargu.

Range.

Hainan and North Vietnam. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Mandalay, and Yangon.

Use.

Bark, Leaf: Used as a tonic.

Note.

In Hainan and North Vietnam, as well as on the Malay Peninsula, a decoction of the leaves is given to treat cholera; the seeds are poisonous ( Perry 1980).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).