Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr.

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

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scientific name

Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr.
status

 

Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr.

Names.

Myanmar: santal, thitto. English: donka, lolly fruit, red santol, santol, sentol, sentul.

Range.

Believed originally native to former Indochina and Peninsular Malaysia. Rare wild, but commonly cultivated from Thailand and Indo-China into southeastern Asia. In Myanmar found in Ayeyarwady, Kayin, Mon, Taninthayi, and Yangon.

Use.

Root: Used to treat dysentery.

Note.

In India the root is used for dysentery and diarrhea; it is an astringent, aromatic, antispasmodic, stomachic and carminative ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).

Reference.

Perry (1980).