Aromas
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Aromata ( Clathrotropis brachypetala (Tul) Kleinhoonte. , Syn. : Diplotropis brachypetala . Tul ) is a plant that the family of legumes belongs (Fabaceae). It is a medicinal and poisonous plant from the tropical rainforest from the Guyanas to Venezuela , Colombia and in the Caribbean on Trinidad and Tobago . In the Guyanas it grows in the rainforest along rivers, streams or in swamps, in seasonally flooded forests.
Its name "Aromata" ( Arawak ) comes from the pungent smell that the leaves and bark exude and that can cause headaches, which speaks for its toxicity. Alexa imperatricis has a similar effect .
description
The slim, tall and evergreen Aromata tree reaches heights of growth of up to 30 meters and trunk diameters of around 40–50 cm or a little more. It has a brownish to greenish bark . Buttress roots are not formed, but root starts. The alternate, imparipinnate leaves consist of seven slightly leathery, glabrous and pointed leaflets . The leaflets are ovate to lanceolate, up to 20 centimeters long and up to 10 centimeters wide. The stipules are small.
The terminal or axillary, paniculate inflorescences are rusty brown with small, sloping bracts . The hermaphrodite, zygomorphic and short-stalked butterfly flowers are five-fold. Five leathery sepals are fused to form a pink calyx with short tips, which is about 6 mm long. The five thick, white and short nailed petals are up to 8 mm long and 6 mm wide. There are ten slightly unequal, fertile and more or less free stamens . The hairy, almost sedentary ovary is upper constant.
The woody, brownish and bald to slightly velvety hairy, short-tipped legume with thickened seams, is 15-20 cm long and 5-7 cm wide and contains only one or two, somewhat flattened seeds that are about 4 × 3 × 2 cm in size are.
Medicinal plant
Aromata enjoys a high reputation as a medicinal plant among the Indians . The fresh inner bark acts as an envelope against numerous dangerous skin parasites, including the dreaded leishmaniasis pathogen. This envelope or the bark juice is also used to combat lice , fleas and ticks or against abscesses and scorpion stings or snake bites . Internal applications of the juice are much more dangerous. Experienced medical people use this option anyway, because even very small amounts combat the poison of Aimaralli queue numbering ( Helicops angulata ) and the Labaria queue numbering ( Bothrops asper ) effectively, but only the poison of snakes. Various alkaloids are active ingredients .
The bark juice can also be used as a fish poison .
The moderately resistant wood is hard and heavy. It is known as Blackheart , Timbó, or Sapán .
literature
- J. Lanjouw, AL Stoffers: Flora of Suriname. Vol. 2, Part 2, Brill, 1976, pp. 5, 108 f, 557, 583.
- Franklin R. Longwood: Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean. Agriculture Handbook 207, USDA, 1962, p. 30, limited preview in Google book search.
- M. Chudnoff: Tropical Timbers of the World. Agriculture Handbook 607, USDA, 1984, p. 53, limited preview in Google book search.
- Deborah A. Lachman-White, C. Dennis Adams, Ulric O'D. Despite: A Guide to the Medicinal Plants of Coastal Guyana. Commonwealth Science Council, 1987, 1992, ISBN 0-85092-387-5 , pp. 72 f.
- Tinde R. van Andel: Non-Timber Forest Products of the North-West Distric of Guyana. Part II, Dissertation, Utrecht University, Tropenbos, 2000, ISBN 90-393-2536-7 , p. 62 f, online at academia.edu (illustration).
Web links
- Clathrotropis brachypetala at Useful Tropical Plants.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clathrotropis brachypetala in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
- ↑ Clathrotropis brachypetala in the International Legume Database.
- ^ A b c d Tinde R. van Andel: Non-Timber Forest Products of the North-West Distric of Guyana.
- ^ A b Deborah A. Lachman-White, C. Dennis Adams, Ulric O'D. Despite: A Guide to the Medicinal Plants of Coastal Guyana.