Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn.
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Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn. |
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Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn.
Names.
Myanmar: dap, mai-hok-hpa, merokwa, paung, taukkyan, tauk-kyant. English: beddome.
Range.
India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar. Widespread in Myanmar.
Uses.
Bark: Used to treat diarrhea; also as an astringent, diuretic, and cardiotonic.
Note.
Perry (1980) notes that this is one of the less medicinally useful species in the genus and lists the uses of six other members of the genus in East and Southeast Asian countries.
References.
Nordal (1963), Perry (1980).
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