The medicinal plants of Myanmar DeFilipps, Robert A. Krupnick, Gary A. PhytoKeys 2018 2018-06-28 102 1 341 EB7A17E7-1970-A103-45D3-AE90439DCA9A L. L. Magnoliopsida Plantaginaceae Digitalis CoL Plantae Digitalis purpurea Lamiales 137 138 Tracheophyta species purpurea  Names.  Myanmar: tila-pup-hpi. English: apricot blush foxglove, common foxglove, digitalis, purple foxglove.  Range. A polymorphic species centered in the Mediterranean region. Naturalized elsewhere, including northern Africa; northern, middle, and southeastern Europe; also cultivated. Cultivated in Myanmar.  Use.  Leaf: Used as heart tonic.  Notes. Dried leaves are a principle source of the drug digitalis. In India the leaf of this species is used for heart and kidney disease; also applied locally on wounds and burns ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991). Reported uses for the species include as a bactericide, cardiotonic, cardiostimulant, tonic, diuretic, sedative, stimulant; also for dropsy, edema, fever, insanity, neuralgia, palpitation, renitis, and tumor; also, a poison ( Duke 2009).  Researchhas shown that chemicals found in this plant are effective as a bacteriocide and cardiotonic ( Duke 2009).  Reference.  Nordal (1963).