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Uses shringtaka in other systems of medicine

shringtaka :

Streblus asper Trunk and canopy Photograph by: AlleinStein


Use in other system of medicine:

The tree is used as a host of lac insect.
The leaves are rough and used as natural sand paper in wood work. Due to this use the tree is also known as Sand Paper Mulberry and Siamese rough-bush.
It has been important in papermaking in Thailand for seven hundred years. Ancient Thai documents are written on the bark of tree.

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