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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Acacia Bark - Herb Profile and Information
... : N.O. Leguminosae Description Constituents Medicinal Action and Uses ---Synonym---Wattle Bark Acacia Bark, known as Wattle Bark, is obtained from the chief of the Australian Wattles, A. decurrens (Willd ... inner surface is red, longitudinally striated and fibrous. Taste, astringent and mucilaginous. ---Constituents---Acacia Bark contains from 24 to 42 per cent. of tannin and also gallic acid. Its ...
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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Acacia (false) - Herb Profile and Information
... roots and inner bark have a sweetish, but somewhat offensive and nauseating taste, and have been found poisonous to foraging animals. ---Medicinal Action and Uses---The inner bark contains a poisonous proteid ... of certain animals. Tonic, emetic and purgative properties have been ascribed to the root and bark, but the locust tree is rarely, if ever, prescribed as a therapeutic agent. Occasional ...
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Wallace W Hansen Native Plants of the Northwest Hawthorn Douglasii Douglas Hawthorn Catalog
... or corymbose, inflorescence found in leaf axils and in terminal clusters. The flower’s center contains 10 to 20 attractive pink stamens. It should be mentioned that the flowers sometimes ... been used traditionally by Native Americans to strengthen the heart and thin the blood. The bark contains properties that are said to be beneficial for reducing inflammations and alleviating venereal diseases, ...
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Wallace W Hansen Native Plants of the Northwest Cornus Nuttallii Pacific Dogwood Catalog
... compacted, and care should also be taken to protect the thin bark from damage by lawn equipment. These wounds may enable a ... , arrows, tool handles, clothing hooks, combs, needles and knitting needles. The bark would also be used to make a dark brown dye, and ... also been used for several medicinal purposes. The bark contains quinine, and tea made from the bark was used as a diarrhetic, to treat fevers ...
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Tsuga chinensis - Plants For A Future database report
... bark contains 8 - 14% tannin[46, 171]. The inner bark is used according to one report[82]. A brown dye is obtained from the bark[ ... Plants. Kampong Publications 1990 ISBN 0-9628087-0-9 Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants ... 0-333-47494-5 Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. [208 ...
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Pseudotsuga menziesii - Plants For A Future database report
... bark[118, 257]. The bark is a source of tannins[46, 82]. The bark can be used as a cork substitute[171] and is also used to make fertilizer[226]. The bark contains ... Kampong Publications 1990 ISBN 0-9628087-0-9 Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional ... 47494-5 Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed ...
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Acacia karroo
... danger of hydrocyanic poisoning which is a self-protection mechanism used by many trees. The bark contains tannin which is used to tan leather to a reddish colour. (This unfortunately gives the ... bright yellow flowers look very striking against the dark green foliage. The rough, dark brown bark is also most attractive. The flowers are sweetly scented and are renowned for attracting insects ...
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Database Mango - Mangifera indica
... pollen. The irritant is probably the vaporized essential oil of the flowers which contains the sesquiterpene alcohol, mangiferol, and the ketone, mangiferone. Mango wood should never be ... diarrhea, chronic dysentery, catarrh of the bladder and chronic urethritis resulting from gonorrhea. The bark contains mangiferine and is astringent and employed against rheumatism and diphtheria in India. The ...
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Database file for Mulateiro - Calycophyllum spruceanum - Mulateiro - Calycophyllum spruceanum - Pau Mulato - Calycophyllum spruceanum - Mulateiro - Calycophyllum spruceanum - Pau-Mulato - Calycophyllum spruceanum
... its ability to completely shed and regenerate its bark on a yearly basis, making harvesting the bark a totally renewable and sustainable enterprise. The bark is smooth (as if polished) and changes ... appearing as an ingredient in natural cosmetic products in Peru and Brazil. PLANT CHEMICALS Mulateiro bark contains a great deal of tannin chemicals which give it an astringent or drying effect. Recently ...
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Forestry Glossary: B is for ... bark, biomass, and boreal
... . banner (n.) The upper petal of a pea-like flower. bark (n.) The skin or covering of branches and roots of a ... it from drying out. As the trunk grows, for many trees, the bark cracks as it expanded around the trees. beak (n.) A ... geographic region distinguished by temperature and precipitation and the resulting vegetation. It contains a varying number of ecosystems. biosphere (n.) The portion of ...
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