Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.

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scientific name	Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.
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Names.

Myanmar: tanaung. English: white-barked acacia.

Range.

Western Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Siam, Indonesia, and Java. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Magway, Mandalay, and Shan.

Use.

Bark: Used as an astringent.

Note.

In India the bark is used as an astringent ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).

References.

Nordal (1963), Perry (1980).

Jain, SK, DeFilipps, RA, 1991. Medicinal Plants of India. 2 Vols. Reference Publications, Inc, Algonac.

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.