Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.(Mang Taan)

Medicinal Plants in Thailand.

Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.

THEACEAE

Thai name : Mang Taan

Tree, up to 25 m high. Leaf simple, alternate, lanceolate, oblong or broadly elliptic, 2-5.5 cm wide, 4.5-13 cm long. Flower solitary, axillary; corolla white; stamens numerous, yellowish. Fruit capsule, subglobose.

Dried flower, macerate in water or infuse, drink to relieve dysuria, convulsion, epilepsy, as soft drink for women after child birth. Stem and young branch: relieves nausea; used as eardrop to relieve earache. Stem bark: fish poisoning agent; ground into powder, flavoring agent for fragrant incense.

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Sarcostemma brunonianum Wight et Arn.(Thao Wan Duan)

Medicinal Plants in Thailand.

Sarcostemma brunonianum Wight et Arn.

ASCLEPIADACEAE

Thai name : Thao Wan Duan

Lacticiferous, trailing, jointed shrub, with pendulous greenish branches. Inflorescence in few-flowered cyme at the nodes; flowers greenish yellow. Fruit follicle, linear; seeds brownish with whitish comas.

Underground stem: tonic; liver, lung and heart tonic.

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Saraca declinata (Jack) Miq.( Sok Khao)

Medicinal Plants in Thailand.

Saraca declinata (Jack) Miq

FABACEAE

Thai name : Sok Khao

Tree, up to 10m high. Leaves paripinnate, alternate; leaflets 3-7 pairs, ovate or lanceolate, 2-8 cm wide, 8-30 cm long. Inflorescence in terminal or axillary corymb; corolla wanting; calyx orange to red. Pod oblong or lanceolate.

Root: decoction; detoxifying agent for food poisoning

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