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 text PhytoKeys 2018 2018-06-28 102 1 341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380 1314-2003-102-1 AA226A35FFF8FFBC37621A40C2518C67 1306325 Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. Names. Myanmar : mak-lang , mung-dung , ndung , pa-noh , panwe , peinne . English : jackfruit. Range. India. Cultivated in Myanmar. Uses. Bark : Employed as poultice to treat ulcers and abscesses. Sap : Utilized for same purposes as the bark. Seed : Used to treat indigestion. Root : Used to treat diarrhea, and in a compound extract for fever. Notes. In India the leaf is fried with the leaves of Emblica and Azadirachta , mixed with mustard oil and applied on sores, smallpox, carbuncles, and used as an anthelmintic; the flower us employed during childbirth to clear the fetus ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991 ). In China latex from the stem is used for abscesses and ulcers; the bark is employed as a gargle; the leaf is used for diarrhea; and the ash made from the root is used for diarrhea and worms, and is also taken after childbirth ( Duke and Ayensu 1985 ). The fruit pulp and seeds are considered cooling, tonic, and pectoral. In Indo-China the wood is used as a sedative to treat convulsions, boiled leaves are given to both animals and women to activate the secretion of milk, and the sap is considered antisyphilitic and a vermifuge. On the Malay Peninsula and in the Philippines, the ashes of the leaves, with or without oil, are applied to treat ulcers and wounds ( Perry 1980 ). The latex contains caoutchouc, resin, and cerotic acid ( Duke and Ayensu 1985 ). The wood contains a yellow pigment, morin, cyanomaclurin; the bark has tannin; cerotic acid is found in the latex; and the fruit an pulp have sugar, protein, fiber, and ash ( Perry 1980 ). Chemical constituents, pharmacological action and medicinal uses of this species in Indian Ayurveda are discussed in detail by Kapoor (1990) . Data on the propagation, seed treatment, and agricultural management of this plant are given in Katende et al. (1995) . References. Perry (1980) , Forest Department (1999) .