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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Buddleja asiatica Lour.
Names.
Myanmar
:
kyaung-migo
.
English
: dogtail, white butterfly bush.
Range.
West Pakistan and central India to southern China, Taiwan, south to the Malay Archipelago and the Mariana Islands.
Uses.
Leaf
: Used as an abortifacient and to treat skin diseases.
Notes.
This species is used as an abortifacient and intoxicant; for dermatosis, inflammation, malaria; and to treat tumors (
Duke 2009
). Where native, it is also used as a fish poison (
Bailey and Bailey 1976
).
Reference.
Nordal (1963)
.