Picrasma javanica Blume

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 156

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scientific name	Picrasma javanica Blume
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Names.

Myanmar: taung-kamaka. English: quassia wood.

Range.

Distributed in tropical southeastern Asia as far as the Solomon Islands. Widely distributed in Myanmar.

Uses.

Bark: On account of the bitterness of quassin in the bark, it has been substituted for quinine in Myanmar. Leaf: Applied to festering sores.

Notes.

The species is reported to be used as an antidote and larvicide; also for dyspepsia and fever ( Duke 2009). Perry (1980) discusses the medicinal uses of this species in East and Southeast Asia.

Reference.

Perry (1980).