Mayodendron igneum (Kurz) Kurz

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 33

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scientific name

Mayodendron igneum (Kurz) Kurz
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Mayodendron igneum (Kurz) Kurz

Names.

Myanmar: egayit, egayit-ni, hpun-hpawk, mai-pyit, sumhtung, sumtungh-kyeng. English: peepthong.

Range.

China, Taiwan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Widely distributed in Myanmar.

Use.

Bark: Used as antidote in alcohol poisoning.

Notes.

An ethanal extract of the leaves of this species was found to exhibit significant anti-inflammatory and analgesic activites ( Hashem et al. 2007).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).