Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd.
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Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd.
Names.
Myanmar: magwinapa, sinna, taung-petwun, taw-kalamet. English: kanack champa (adopted Hindi name).
Range.
India to Java. Widely distributed in Myanmar.
Uses.
Bark, Leaf: Used in skin diseases (smallpox). Leaf: Used as a styptic. Flower: Used as a tonic.
Notes.
In India the plant is considered antiseptic, depurative, and tonic; also employed for eruptions, fever, inflammation, leprosy, menorrhagia, puerperium, smallpox, sores, and tumors ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).
In South China a tincture of the root of another species in the genus, Pterospermum heterophllum , is drunk to treat rheumatism and ostealgia; on the Malay Peninsula, the bark of P. javanicum is used in a poultice for abdominal complaints; in the Philippines the bark and flowers of P. diversifolium are charred and mixed with the glands of another species to cause suppuration for smallpox ( Perry 1980).
References.
Nordal (1963), Perry (1980).
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