Plantago major L.
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Plantago major L.
| Family | Plantaginaceae | ||||
| Scientific Name | Plantago major L. | ||||
| Vernacular name | A kyaw-baung-tha-thaung | ||||
| Region | Shan State | ||||
| Locality | MYANMAR: Shan State; Community Watershed Reserve Forest, around Myinka village, Kalaw Township. | ||||
| Latitude | 20°39'57.4'' | Longitude | 96°34'22.4'' | Altitude | 1507 |
| Notes | Evergreen forest, forest floor. Plant 2 cm in height. Fruits green. | ||||
| Use | Wild edible plant: young leaves for salad; medicinal plant: leaf heated on fire to become wilted, touch on abscess and boils; paste of leaves used as bandage for broken legs; young leaves prepared as salad, consumed as food for toxaemia and hypertension; paste of entire plant used over abscess | ||||
| Collectors | Thant Shin, Tin Ko Ko & Aung Kyaw Htay | ||||
| Collector No | TS0089 | ||||
| Date | 7 June 2015 | ||||
| MBK No | 0312557 | ||||
