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