Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Barcode: CAL0000009192

Family: MYRICACEAE

Scientific Name: Myrica esculenta Buch.-Ham.

Collector: D. Prain

Country: India

Uses: Bark is astringent, carminative, and antiseptic.Decoction is considered useful in asthma, diarrhoea, fevers, chronic bronchitis, lung infections, and dysentery and diuresis. Bark is chewed to relieve tooth-ache.