Flemingia strobilifera (L.) W.T. Aiton (= Moghania strobilifera (L.) J. St.-Hill.)

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 84

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380

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scientific name

Flemingia strobilifera (L.) W.T. Aiton (= Moghania strobilifera (L.) J. St.-Hill.)
status

 

Flemingia strobilifera (L.) W.T. Aiton (= Moghania strobilifera (L.) J. St.-Hill.)

Names.

Myanmar: se-laik-pya, thingu-gyat. English: wildhops.

Range.

India to the Philippines. In Myanmar, found in Ayeyarwady and Yangon.

Use.

Root: Used to treat epilepsy.

Note.

On the Malay Peninsula and in the Philippines, a decoction of the root of this species is administered as a post partum protective medicine, and the leaves are employed at the same time to wash the body; also used in a lotion to treat rheumatism., Additionally, in the Philippines a decoction or infusion of the leves and flowers is prescribed for tuberculosis ( Perry 1980).

Reference.

Perry (1980).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Flemingia