Memecylon edule Roxb.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 117-118

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scientific name	Memecylon edule Roxb.
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Names.

Myanmar: byin-gale, lee-ko-kee, me-byaung, miat, mi-nauk. English: ironwood tree.

Range.

Tropical India. In Myanmar, found in Kayin, Rakhine, Taninthayi, Yangon.

Uses.

Bark: Used in a fomentation. Leaf: Astringent.

Notes.

In Indo-China an infusion of the bark and leaves is used to treat fever; in India a decoction of the roots is used as an emmenagogue, and an infusion of the leaves is astringent and used to treat ophthalmia ( Khare 2007). The leaves have strong anti-inflamatory and analgesic properties ( Nualkaew et al. 2009).

Reference.

Perry (1980).