The medicinal plants of Myanmar DeFilipps, Robert A. Krupnick, Gary A. PhytoKeys 2018 2018-06-28 102 1 341 19F34286-18DD-D254-5C1E-49B3F15037A3 L. L. Magnoliopsida Malvaceae Kleinhovia CoL Plantae Kleinhovia hospita Malvales 114 115 Tracheophyta species hospita  Names.  Myanmar: o-dein, pashu-phet-wun. English: guest tree.  Range. Tropical Asia, tropical eastern Africa, and Australia. Cultivated in Myanmar.  Use.  Seed: Used to treat dysentery.  Notes. In the Philippines a decoction of the leaves of this species provides a treatment for scabies, and also locally for all forms of dermatisis ( Perry 1980). The species contains prussic acid, a triterpinoid, and an essential oil ( Perry 1980). The chemical betulin, extracted from the fruit, has been found to be an anti-carcinomic, anti-feedant, anti-flu, anti-HIV, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-viral, cytotoxic, hypolipemic, a prostaglandin-synthesis inhibitor, and topoisomerase-I-inhibitor ( Duke 2009).  Reference.  Nordal (1963).