Alnus nepalensis D.Don, 1825

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 32

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380

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scientific name

Alnus nepalensis D.Don
status

 

Alnus nepalensis D.Don

Names.

Myanmar: hyang, mai-bau, nbau, ning-bau, yang-bau. English: alder.

Range.

Eastern Himalayas and western China. In Myanmar, found in Chin and Kachin.

Conservation status.

Least Concern [LC] ( IUCN 2017).

Use.

Bark: Used as an astringent.

Notes.

In India, the bark is used to treat dysentery and stomachache; the leaf is employed on cuts and wounds; and the root is used for diarrhea ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fagales

Family

Betulaceae

Genus

Alnus