Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. (= Sarcocephalus cordatus (Roxb.) Miq.)

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 150

Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. (= Sarcocephalus cordatus (Roxb.) Miq.)

Names.

Myanmar: ma-u, ma-u-gyi, ma-u-kadon, prung. English: Leichhardt-pine.

Range.

Australasia. In Myanmar, found in Chin, Mandalay, and Yangon.

Uses.

Bark: Used as tonic, antipyretic, and for menstrual disorders.

Note.

Reported medicinal uses of this species include as a piscicide, tonic, and vulnerary; also for headache, fever, and tumor ( Duke 2009).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).