Strobilanthes auriculatus Nees, 1832
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Strobilanthes auriculatus Nees
Names.
Myanmar: hmaw-yan, paung-thaung, saingnan. English: Mexican petunia.
Range.
Tropical Asia. Widely distributed in Myanmar.
Uses.
Whole plant: Used as an antidote for snake poison. Leaf: Used to treat intermittent fever.
Note.
In India "Pounded leaves are rubbed onto the body during the cold period of an intermittent fever." ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).
Reference.
Nordal (1963).
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