Abroma augusta L.f.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Suppl. pl. 341. 1782 ("1781") "<I>Ambroma augusta</I>"

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Classification

kingdom
Plantae: phylum
Tracheophyta: class
Magnoliopsida: order
Malvales: family
Malvaceae: genus
Abroma: species
Abroma augusta

Abroma augustum L.

Abroma augustum (L.) L.f.

Names.

Myanmar : mway-ma-naing , mway-say , mway-seik-phay-pin , nga-be , ulat-kam-bala . English : devil’s cotton, Indian hemp.

Range.

Himalayas, northern India, east to China, Micronesia, and Malaysia. In Myanmar, found in Kachin.

Use.

The plant is used for menstrual disorder (part unspecified by Nordal 1963 ).

Notes.

In India fresh or dried root-bark is used as a uterine tonic and emmenagogue; fresh juice is used for congestive and neuralgic dysmenorrhea ( Jain and DeFilipps (1991) . In Indonesia the root of this species is applied for itch; in the Phil ippines the root is used as an emmenagogue, and is considered especially useful for various forms of dysmenorrhea ( Perry 1980 ).

The root-bark contains little alkaloid, much glucoside, resinous matter, much magnesium salts, calcium, and phosphates ( Perry 1980 ).

Reference.

Nordal (1963) .

Name

Synonyms: Abroma alatum Blanco; Abroma angulatum Lam.; Abroma angulosum Poir.; Abroma commune Blanco; Abroma communis Blanco; Abroma denticulata Miq.; Abroma elongatum Lam.; Abroma fastuosa Gaertn.; Abroma fastuosa R.Br.; Abroma fastuosum Jacq.; Abroma javanicum Miq.; Abroma mollis DC.; Abroma obliqua Presl; Abroma sinuosa Nichols.; Abroma wheleri Retz.; Ambroma fastuosa Jacq.; Theobroma augusta L.
Homonyms: Abroma augusta L.f.
Common names: devil's-cotton in English