Medicinal Plants in Thailand.
Dipterocarpus obtusifolius Teijsm. ex Miq
DIPTEROCARPACEAE
Thai name : Yaang Hiang
Deciduous tree, 8-20 m high. Leaf simple, alternate, ovate, 10-20 cm wide, 13-25 cm long. Flowers in axillary, small culster; flowers pinkish. Fruit samaroid, with 2 accrescent sepals.
Leaf: boil, add salt, used as mouth wash to relieve toothache and some dental diseases. Leaf and latex: take for infertility. Tung oil: expectorant, diuretic; treatment of leukorrhea, uretritis; externally used for wound healing; remove pus from wounds. Bark: boil and take as antidiarrheal.
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