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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.
{ta.ma} ; {ta.ma-hka:} Azadirachta indica A. Juss. 2-009
{pan:ta.ma} Melia azedarach L. 2-006
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KS-TMN 157
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Botanical name: Azadirachta indica A. Juss. in Mem. Mus.Par.19:221. 1830. Burmese-Myanmar name in Nagathein 2-009: Photos: |
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Identification characters:
A large tree; younger stems cylindrical, pubescent, the older ones glabrous.
Leaves alternate, unipinnately compound, paripinnate to sometimes imparipinnate;
exstipulate; petioles glabrous, pulvinate; racheae glabrous; petiolules
obsolete; leaflets in 4-6 opposite pairs, obliquely elliptic, subfalcate, if
imparipinnate, the terminal ones smaller, the bases oblique, the margins
irregularly serrate, the tips acuminate, the surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences
in axillary paniculate cymes; penduncles glabrous; bracts small, narrowly ovate,
caducous. Flowers pedicellate, bracteoles minute, caducous, bisexual,
actinomorphic, pentamerous, hypoghnous. Calyx synsepalous, 5-lobed, basally
connate, the lobes ovate, glabrescent with hairy margins, sepaloid. Corolla
apopetalous, petals 5, oblanceolate, glabrescent, white. Androecium monadelphous,
stamens 10, the staminal tubes with toothed apices, striated, glabrous without,
tomentose within, white, the anthers dithecous, ovoid, sessile, inserted withing
the staminal tubes slightly below the apices, dorsifixed, introrse, dehiscence
longitudinal. Pistil 1, ovary ovoid, glabrous, 3-carpelled, syncarpous,
3-loculed, the placentation axile, the ovules 2, collateral in each locule, the
styles cylindrical, the stigma 3-lobed, disc subtending the ovary minute. Fruit
a 1-seeded drupe, oblongoid, glabrous; seed ellipsoid, glabrous, non-endospermic.
Flowering period: January-April
Fruiting period: March-June
Distribution: Grows wild in dry forests. Commonly planted throughout Myanmar.
Parts used and uses: Metrorrhagia; Emesis; Oedema: Leprosy; Infections; Carbuncles; Loss of appetite; Fatigue; To allay thirst; Cough; Antidote for poisons; Heal sores; Pyrexia. Twig -- Cough; Asthma; Haemorrhoids; Abdominal tumours; Infections. Leaf -- Haematemesis; Opthalmia; Leprosy; Infections; Loss of appetite; Biliousness; Good for eyes; Astringent effect; Antidote for poisons. Flower -- Biliousness; Expectorant; Infections. Unripe fruit -- Leprosy; Abdominal tumours; Haemorrhoids; Infections. Ripe fruit -- Haematemesis; Opthalmia; Chest pain. Seed and oil -- Leprosy; Infections. Seed oil -- Biliousness; Carminative; Expectorant; Leprosy; Infections; Carbuncles; Haemorrhoids; Oedema; Biliary infection; Blood disease; Pyrexia
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KS-TMN 158
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Botanical name: Melia azedarach L. Sp. Pl. 384. 1753. Burmese-Myanmar name in Nagathein 2-006: Photos: |
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Identification characters:
A large tree, trunks short, erect; younger stems ferruginous pubescent, the
older ones glabrous. Leaves alternate, bipinnately compound, imparipinnate;
exstipulate; petioles glabrous, pulvinate; leaflets in 1-4 opposite pairs on
each secondary racheae, ovate to sometimes oblique, the bases obtuse to
sometimes oblique, the margins serrate, the tips acuminate, the surfaces
glabrous; petiolules short, foliaceous, pinnate to bipinnate on the primary
peduncles. Flowers pedicellate, bracteoles minute, caducous, bisexual,
actinomorphic, pentamerous, hypogynous. Calyx synsepalous, 5-lobed, basally
connate, the lobes ovate, ferruginous without, glabrous within. Corolla
apeopetalous, the petals 5, oblanceolate, pubescent without, glabrous within,
light purple. Androecium monadelphous, stamens 10, the staminal tube with
toothed apices, the anthers dithecous, oblongoid, inserted within the staminal
tube slightly below the toothed apices, dorsifixed, introrse, dehiscence
longitudinal. Pistil 1, ovary ovoid, glabrous, 5-carpelled, syncarpous,
5-loculed, the placentation axile, with 2 superposed ovules in each locule, the
style 1, cylindrical, the stigma 5-fid, the disc subtending the ovary annular.
Fruit a drupe, ovoid or oblongoid, glabrous, dark green to yellow; seed 1,
5-grooved, glabrous, endosperm thin and fleshy.
Flowering and fruiting periods: March-May
Distribution: Grows wild and cultivated throughout tropical Myanmar.
Parts used and uses: Haematemesis, Pyrexia; Leprosy; Emesis; Cholera; Heart; disease; Skin infection; Expectorant; Cause dehydration of the body; Haemorrhoid; Infections; Cough Burning sensation of the body; Antidote for rat bite poison. Leaf and flower -- Oedema during pregnancy; Menstrual disorder; Amenorrhoea; Diabetes; Lithiasis; Inflections; Epilepsy; Intestinal Colic; Haemorrhoid; Head-ache. Flower -- Scabies; Pruritis; Pimples; Skin disease. Seed -- Arthritis; Haemorrhoid; Polyuria; Muscle stiffiness; Destrution of hair follicles. Heart wood -- Osteoarthritis of the knee.
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