Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn) Mabb. (= Stereospermum tetragonum DC.)

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 35

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scientific name

Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn) Mabb. (= Stereospermum tetragonum DC.)
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Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn) Mabb. (= Stereospermum tetragonum DC.)

Names.

Myanmar: hingut-pho, hingut-po, kywe-ma-gyo-lein, sin-gwe, thakut-pho, thakut-po, thande, than-tat, than-tay. English: trumpet flower, yellow snake tree.

Range.

China, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Widespread in Myanmar.

Use.

Leaf, Flower, Root: Used as febrifuge.

Note.

In India the leaf is used for dyspepsia; the root for asthma, cough, and excessive thirst ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).