Spermacoce hispida L. (= Borreria hispida (L.) K. Schum.)
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Spermacoce hispida L. (= Borreria hispida (L.) K. Schum.) |
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Spermacoce hispida L. (= Borreria hispida (L.) K. Schum.)
Names.
Myanmar: gangala. English: landrina, shaggy button weed.
Range.
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan; Japan- Ryukyu Islands; India; Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand; Malesia. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Mandalay, Magway, and Yangon.
Use.
Root: Alterative (restores to normal health).
Note.
Reported medicinal uses for this species include for earache, eye problems, blindness, ophthalmia, fever, inflammation, dysentery, splenitis, otisis, pimpes, sores, stings, and gingivitis ( Duke 2009).
Reference.
Nordal (1963).
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