Grewia polygama Roxb.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 113

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scientific name	Grewia polygama Roxb.
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Names.

English: dysentery bush, emu-berry, turkey bush.

Range.

Northwestern Himalayas east to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Use.

Leaf: Used for dysentery.

Notes.

Reported medicinal uses for this species include treatment of headache, tiger bite, carbuncle, cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, eye, and sores ( Duke 2009). The seed is said to produce a sub-acid drink when boiled ( Perry 1980).

Reference.

Perry (1980).