Medicinal Plants in Thailand.Millingtonia hortensis Linn. f.
BIGNONIACEAEIndian Cork Tree
Thai name : Peep
Tree, 15-25 m high, with deeply furrowed corky bark. Leaves bipinnate to tripinnate, opposite; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, 3-5 cm long. Inflorescence in terminal panicle; flowers white, long tubular, fragrant. Fruit linear capsule, compressed parallel to septum, septifragal.
Dried flower: smoke for treatment of asthma. Root: lung tonic, antiasthmatic; volatile active constituent hispidulin, exhibits better bronchodilatic effect than aminophylline. No toxicity found.
TRADITIONAL USE Dried flower. Bronchodilator
Root : long tonic, Bronchodilator
By: Medicinal Plants in Thailand
Volume 1
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