





ááźááşááŹáĄáááş – áĽáážá˛
áĄááşášáááááşáĄáááş – Toothbrush tree
ááŻáášáááąááĄáááş – Streblus asper Lour.
ááťááŻá¸áááşá¸ – Moraceae
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Myanmar Name â Okhne
Common Name â Toothbrush tree
Botanical Name â Streblus asper Lour.
Family Name â Moraceae
Habitat – Typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Southeast Asia, including countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines. It can grow in a variety of habitats, including lowland rainforests, riverbanks, and coastal areas.
Habit â Evergreen, dioecious or rarely monoecious trees, to 10 m high.
Bark – Bark 10-20 mm thick, light grey, smooth, lenticellate, fibrous; blaze creamy yellow; exudation milky white latex.
Leaves – Leaves are simple, dark green, alternate, spiral; stipules 2-5 mm long, lateral, lanceolate, adpressedly hairy, cauducous; petiole to 4 mm long; lamina 3-10 x 1.2-5 cm. Leaf margin serrate, lateral nerves 4-10 pairs
Inflorescence – Small, inconspicuous flowers that are typically greenish or yellowish in color. These flowers are often arranged in clusters.
Flower – Flowers unisexual, greenish-yellow; male in axillary heads, peduncle to 10 mm. female flowers axillary, solitary or 2-5 in a cluster.
Fruit – Fruit a drupe, 6-8 mm across, globose, obscurely 2-humped, yellow to orange, tepals persistent.
Seed – seed one, 4-5 mm across, globose, greyish-white.
Flowering and Fruiting Time – Flowering from March to April and fruiting from July to September.
Usage – All parts of the plant are used for medicinal purposes in folk medicines for the treatment of different diseases such as dysentery, relief of toothache, antigingivitis, filariasis, epilepsy, epistaxis, piles and stomachache.


