Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl (= Boerhavia repanda Willd.)

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scientific name	Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl (= Boerhavia repanda Willd.)
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Names.

Myanmar: pa-yan-na-war. English: diffuse hogweed, spreading hogweed.

Range.

China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Widely distributed in Myanmar.

Use.

Root: Used as galactagogue.

Note.

In Indonesia the crushed leaves of the species are smeared onto spots of scabies previously scoured open ( Perry (1980).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).

Nordal, A, 1963. The Medicinal Plants and Crude Drugs of Burma. Hellstrom & Nordahls Boktrykkeri, Oslo.

Perry, LM, 1980. Medicinal Plants of East and South-East Asia: Attributed Properties and Uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London.