ໄທ: ຕີນເປັດ, ຈາບາ, ພະຍາຊາຕາບານ, ຕີນເປັດຂາວ, ບາ-ຊາ, ປູ-ລາ, ຊາຕາບານ. ຫວຽດນາມ: ມົ້ວ ກົວ, ໂມ້ກົວ, ເຊືອ, ນັງຕລັງ. ກຳປູເຈຍ: ໂປປີນເຄະ. ຈີນ: ຕັງ ຈຽວ ຊູ. ອັງກິດ: pulai, devil tree, blackboard tree, devil’s bark, milky pine, white cheese wood, pagoda tree. ( Thai: teen pet, chaba, phayasataban, tin pet khao, ba-sa, pu-la, sattaban Vietnamese: mua cua, mo cua, sua, nangtrung Cambodian: popeal khe Chinese: tang jiao shu English: pulai, devil tree, blackboard tree, devil’s bark, milky pine, white cheesewood, pagoda tree)

Echites scholaris L.

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Northern Mekong Corridor
Vientiane Plain

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Medicine
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The bark and thin roots of this tree are used in folk medicine to make a drink that lowers body fever, combats diarrhoea and malaria, and treats male genital pains, headaches and pneumonia. An alcoholic extract of the bark has anti-cancer properties, reduces blood sugar levels and relieves inflammation of joints. The latex can be applied to sores to keep maggots out and also makes a good quality chewing gum. Leaves are used to treat syphilis and beriberi. In Vietnam, dried or green leaves are burned under the beds of new mothers and then applied to the back of the patient to stimulate lactation. The bark also yields a fibre. The tree is often ornamentally planted and is recommended as a fuel wood species. Charcoal  from its wood is sometimes used as gun powder and the wood has been used to make school  blackboards.

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Simon Gardner, Pindar Sidisunthorn and Lai Ee May, 2011. Heritage Trees of Penang. Penang: Areca Books.
Kade Sidiyasa, A., 3, 1992. A monograph of Alstonia (Apocynaceae).