Buddleja asiatica Lour.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 156

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scientific name	Buddleja asiatica Lour.
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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).