Good morning everyone. Another tree with medicinal value found in the Philippines. I’m sure if many have this plant you can use it to cure some ailments. There are a total of 96 Philippine medicinal trees under 83 genera and 38 families. I want to share the most seen trees here.
It is an erect, small and smooth tree reaching 1.5 to 5 m high. It is armed with scattered spines along the branches. The red and yellow, few flowered clusters are borne on terminal portions.
Medicinal Value:
■ Fresh leaves are applied externally to relieve rheumatism; heated and applied externally, remedy stomach pains.
■ A decoction from the crushed seeds is used as an emetic and believed to be a remedy for dysentery.
■ roots are diuretic and useful in cases of stone formation in the bladder.
■ The juice of the stem and roasted fruit are used for eye disease.
■ The finely powdered leaves are given as uterine tonic to women immediately after giving birth.
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