Vallaris solanacea (Roth) Kuntze, 1891
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Vallaris solanacea (Roth) Kuntze
Names.
Myanmar: khinbok, nabu-nwe. English: bread flower.
Range.
India and Sri Lanka. In Myanmar, found is Bago, Kachin, Mandalay, and Yangon.
Use.
Juice: Applied to sores.
Notes.
In India the bitter bark is employed as an astringent; the latex, an irritant, is applied on wounds and sores ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991). In Indo-China the bark is used as a febrifuge ( Perry 1980).
The plant has been found to contain cardiotonic glycosides ( Perry 1980).
References.
Perry (1980), Forest Department (1999).
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