Plantago major L.
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Plantago major L.
Family | Plantaginaceae | ||||
Scientific Name | Plantago major L. | ||||
Vernacular name | Hin-khaung-tee | ||||
Region | Shan State | ||||
Locality | MYANMAR: Shan State; Pin Sein Pin village, Pindaya Township. | ||||
Latitude | 20°58'54.3'' | Longitude | 96°37'54.9'' | Altitude | 1736 |
Notes | Herb cultivated at home garden for medicinal use. Flowers white. | ||||
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, Myint Aung & San Pyaw | ||||
Collector No | TS0507 | ||||
Date | 25 June 2015 | ||||
MBK No | 0312819 |