Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees, 1832
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Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees
Name.
English: panicled peristrophe.
Range.
Tropical Africa, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Malaya, and Indo-China. In Myanmar, found in Bago.
Use.
Whole plant: Used as an antidote for snake-poison.
Note.
In India the whole plant, macerated in rice ( Oryza sativa ), is used as an antidote to snake poison ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).
Reference.
Nordal (1963).
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