The medicinal plants of Myanmar
DeFilipps, Robert A.
Krupnick, Gary A.
PhytoKeys
2018
2018-06-28
102
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Roxb.
Roxb.
Magnoliopsida
Burseraceae
Garuga
CoL
Plantae
Garuga pinnata
Sapindales
37
38
Tracheophyta
species
pinnata
Names. Myanmar: chinyok, mai-kham, sinyok, taesap. English: garuga.
Range. China, East Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaya, and the Philippines. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Mandalay, and Rakhine.
Use. Juice: Used to treat asthma.
Notes. The medicinal uses of this species in India are discussed in Jain and DeFilipps (1991)as follows: Juice from the stem is used in an eye-drop for opaque conjunctiva; leaf juice mixed with honey is used for asthma; the fruit is used as a stomachic. In Indo-China the bark is used with honey to treat asthma ( Perry 1980).
Reference. Perry (1980).