The medicinal plants of Myanmar
Author
DeFilipps, Robert A.
Deceased
Author
Krupnick, Gary A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1357-4826
Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC- 166, Washington, DC, 20013 - 7012, USA
krupnick@si.edu
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380
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Picrasma javanica Blume
Names.
Myanmar
:
taung-kamaka
.
English
: quassia wood.
Range.
Distributed in tropical southeastern Asia as far as the Solomon Islands. Widely distributed in Myanmar.
Uses.
Bark
: On account of the bitterness of quassin in the bark, it has been substituted for quinine in Myanmar.
Leaf
: Applied to festering sores.
Notes.
The species is reported to be used as an antidote and larvicide; also for dyspepsia and fever (
Duke 2009
).
Perry (1980)
discusses the medicinal uses of this species in East and Southeast Asia.
Reference.
Perry (1980)
.