Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T. Aiton, 1811

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 12-13

Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T. Aiton

Names.

Myanmar: taw-sabe, twinnet, twinnet-kado. English: black creeper, kalisar, red sarsaparilla, sariva, sarsaparilla.

Range.

China, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; also Australia. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Sagaing, Shan, Taninthayi, and Yangon.

Uses.

Leaf: Antipyretic. Root: Tonic.

Notes.

The medicinal uses of this species in India are discussed in Jain and DeFilipps (1991). Some of the uses follow: The bark is used for bleeding gums; the leaf for fever and headache. The root is used to purify blood; also to treat coughs (with linseed), haematuria, convulsions, night blindness, and ulcers on the tongue (with roots of Michelia champaca or Celastrus species) and palate; additionally, to treat sunstroke, atrophy, cachexy, enlarged spleen, sores, syphilis, dysentery, cholera, animal bites (with other plants), and smallpox.

References.

Nordal (1963), Forest Department (1999).