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Mimosa ophthalmocentra

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Species of legume

Mimosa ophthalmocentra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Mimosa
Species: M. ophthalmocentra
Binomial name
Mimosa ophthalmocentra
Mart. ex Benth., 1875

Mimosa ophthalmocentra, or jurema-embira ("red jurema"), is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil. It is shrub or small tree about 3 to 5 m tall. Its blossoms come in long, narrow cylindrical spikes having yellowish white petals and a white stamen. The blossoms are sometimes found to have a pink tinge. The fruit is green, sometimes with red or purple, flat, about 8 cm long and about 1 cm wide.

The trunk grows to about 20 cm in diameter.

Its wood has a density of about 1.12 g/cm and it makes good firewood.

Traditional use

Traditionally in northeast Brazil, for cases of cough and bronchitis, a water extract (decoction) of Mimosa ophthalmocentra is made into a drink. A handful of bark in one liter of water is used by itself or in a syrup. The solution is taken until the symptoms subside.

References

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  3. ^ "SysTax - detailed information on Mimosa ophthalmocentra Mart". www.biologie.uni-ulm.de. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  4. ^ "HERINGER 11963". mobot.mobot.org. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  5. "Kew: Northeast Brazil Fuelwood Project - activities and progress". www.kew.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  6. "Fuelwoods: Structure and Sustainability - Kew: Science Directory: Projects". www.kew.org. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  7. ^ Maria de Fátima Agra; Patrícia França de Freitas; José Maria Barbosa-Filho (2007). "Synopsis of the plants known as medicinal and poisonous in Northeast of Brazil" (PDF). Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy. 17 (1): 114–140. doi:10.1590/s0102-695x2007000100021. Archived from the original on August 21, 2010.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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Taxon identifiers
Mimosa ophthalmocentra
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