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UKT: Nagathein references are given to check the Burmese-Myanmar names. * shows where there is no agreement in Burmese name but when the plant is identifiable from botanical name.
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Millingtonia hortensis L. 4-105
{kraung-sha} Oroxylum indicum Vent. 1-194
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KS-TMN 069
| Botanical name: Millingtonia hortensis Linn. f. Suppl. 291. Myanmar name: Aegayit English name: Indian Cork Tree Family: Bignoniaceae
Burmese-Myanmar name in Nagathein 4-105: Photos: |
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Identification characters:
An erect tree; branches drooping, bark corky. Leaves
opposite, tripinnately compound; exstipulate; petiolate; petiolulate, the upper
tertiary leaflets sessile; exstipellate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, the bases
rounded or cuneate, the margins serrate, the tips acuminate, pubescent when
young, glabrescent. Inflorescences in paniculate cymes, terminal or axillary,
the cymules 3-flowered; bracts minute. Flowers ebracteolate, pedicellate,
besexual, zygomorphic, pentamerous, hypogynous. Calyx synsepalous, 5-toothed,
campanulate. Corolla synpetalous, 5-lobed,infundibuliform, the tube long,
slender, cylindrical, white. Androecium didynamous, stamens 4,epipetalous, the
filaments shortly exserted, the anthers dithecous, one cell ovoid, the second
cell appearing as a small hook, white, dehiscence longitudinal; disc small,
cushion-like. Pistil 1, ovary subsessile, 2-carpelled, syncarpous, 2-loculed,
the placentation axile, the ovules numerous in each locule, the style long, the
stigma 2-lobed, ellipsoid. Fruit a 2-valved septicidal capsule, oblongoid, acute
at both ends, flat, woody; seeds discoid, compressed, winged, except the base,
the wing narrow at the apex, non-endospermic.
Flowering period: October - December
Fruiting period: November - February
Distribution: Commonly grows wild or planted throughout Myanmar.
Parts used and uses: Leaf and root -- Hypertension; Plague; Stimulating effect on cardiovascular system; Purify blood; Alcohol intoxication; Antidote for poisons. Root -- Leucoderma; Muscle stiffness; Alcohol intoxication; Giddiness. Leaf -- Small pox; Amenorrhoea
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KS-TMN 070
| Botanical name: Oroxylum indicum Vent. Dec. Gen. Nov. 8. 1808. Myanmar name: Kyaung-sha English: Indian Trumpet flower Family: Bignoniaceae
Burmese-Myanmar name in Nagathein 1-194: Photos: |
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Identification characters:
A small tree, deciduous; bark light brown, corky, lenticels
numerous, the younger stems glabrous. Leaves opposite, decussate, decompound,
ternate; exstipulate; petiolate; petiolules short; exstipellate; leaflets ovate
or elliptic, the bases rounded or obtusely acute, the margins entire, the tips
acute to acuminate, the surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences terminal racemes;
peduncles long, stout; bracts distinct. Flowers ebracteolate, pedicellate,
bisexual, zygomorphic, pentamerous, hypogynous. Calyx synsepalous, 5-lobed,
campanulate, coriaceous, persistent. Corolla synpetalous, 5-lobed, campanulate,
ventricose, the lobes orbicular, subequal, crisped, reddish purple, fleshy,
caducous. Androecium polyandrous, stamens 5, epipetalous, inserted, the
filaments straight, 4 subequal, the fifth one shorter, the bases woolly, the
anthers dithecous, oblongoid, divergent below, the connective with a short mucro,
basifixed, introrse, dehiscence longitudinal; disc large, fleshy,. Pistil 1,
ovary oblongoid, subsessile, 2-carpelled, syncarpous, 2-loculed, the
placentation axile, the ovules numerous in each locule, the style filiform, the
stigma 2-lobed. Fruit a 2-valved septifragal capsule, oblongoid, tapering to
both ends, flat, valves semiwoody; seeds discoid, compressed, numerous, with a
broad hyaline wing, non-endospermic.
Flowering period: June - July
Fruiting period: July - September
Distribution: Commonly grows wild throughout Myanmar. Also cultivated.
Parts used and uses: Root bark, fruit -- Good for the treatment of heart and neck diseases; Haemorrhoids; Abdominal tumours; Infections; Flatulence; as an expectorant. Plant -- Leprosy; Diarrhoea; Dyspepsia; Cough; Infections; Nausea, Vomitting; Abscess; Flatulence. Root bark -- Neurological disorders; Life saver; Asthma; Cough; Migraine; Indigestion; Postpartum uterus contraction pain; Gynaecological diseases. Leaf -- Oropharyngeal ulcer; Opium intoxication. Flower -- Improves appetite.
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