Pothos scandens L.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 17-18

Pothos scandens L.

Names.

Myanmar: pein-gya. English: pothos.

Range.

Widespread from Madagascar, through India and the Himalayas to southwestern China, south through Indochina; also in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and the Philippines. In Myanmar, found in Shan, Taninthayi, and Yangon.

Use.

Leaf: Used as antiasthmatic.

Notes.

The medicinal uses of this species in India are discussed in Jain and DeFilipps (1991) as follows: The root is fried in oil and applied on abscesses; the stem is smoked with camphor to treat asthma; and the leaf is powdered and used on smallpox pustules and fractures.

Reference.

Nordal (1963).