Schefflera leucantha Vig.(Hanumaa Prasaan Kaai)

Medicinal Plants in Thailand.


Schefflera leucantha Vig.
ARALIACEAE
Thai name : Hanumaa Prasaan Kaai

Scandent shrub, 1-4 m high. Leaves palmately compound, alternate; leaflets elliptic or lanceolate, 1.5-3 cm wide, 5-8 cm long. Inflorescence in terminal umbel; flowers white, Fruit globose drupe.

Fresh leaf: cough remedy, treatment of bloody vomit; externally used as astringent to stop bleeding. Saponin in leaf showed bronchodilating activity.

TRADITIONAL USE : Fresh leaf. Cough remedy, treatment of bloody vomit; external use to stop bleeding,astirngent


By: Medicinal Plants in Thailand
Volume 1