Chukrasia tabularis A.Juss.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 119

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scientific name

Chukrasia tabularis A.Juss.
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Chukrasia tabularis A.Juss.

Names.

Myanmar: kin-thabut-gyi, taw-yinma, yinma. English: Chittagong wood, golden mahogany.

Range.

Myanmar, Andamans, China, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and Pakistan. In Myanmar, found in Mandalay, Shan, and Yangon.

Conservation status.

Lower Risk/least concern [LC] ( IUCN 2017).

Uses.

Bark: Used as an astringent and antidiarrheic.

Notes.

In India the bark is used as a tannin-containing astringent ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991). The medicinal uses of the species in Indonesia are listed in Perry (1980).

References.

Nordal (1963), Perry (1980).