English names:
Java cedar, vinegar wood.
Description:
Large tree, up to 15-20m. in height. Bark nearly smooth. Leaves alternate, trifoliate, long-petioled; leaflets crenate, glabrous. Flowers unisexual, sexes on separate plants, pale-green in axillary raceme. Berry globose, fleshy, brown; seeds smooth, shining.
Flowering period:
February - June.
Distribution:
Grows wild in the mountains; cultivated as a shade-tree.
Parts used:
The leaves and shoots, collected in April and May, are used fresh or dried.
Chemical composition:
The leaves contain tannin and vitamin C.
Therapeutic uses:
The leaves and the young shoots are effective in the therapy of leucorrhoea, vulvovaginitis due to Trichomonas vaginalis, boils and impetigo. An extract is used as unguent and a decoction is prescribed for external application. The decoction of dried leaves cures diarrhoea, in a dose of 20 to 40g per day. It is also used in gingivitis, toothache, cough and sore throat.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
Java cedar, vinegar wood.
Description:
Large tree, up to 15-20m. in height. Bark nearly smooth. Leaves alternate, trifoliate, long-petioled; leaflets crenate, glabrous. Flowers unisexual, sexes on separate plants, pale-green in axillary raceme. Berry globose, fleshy, brown; seeds smooth, shining.
Flowering period:
February - June.
Distribution:
Grows wild in the mountains; cultivated as a shade-tree.
Parts used:
The leaves and shoots, collected in April and May, are used fresh or dried.
Chemical composition:
The leaves contain tannin and vitamin C.
Therapeutic uses:
The leaves and the young shoots are effective in the therapy of leucorrhoea, vulvovaginitis due to Trichomonas vaginalis, boils and impetigo. An extract is used as unguent and a decoction is prescribed for external application. The decoction of dried leaves cures diarrhoea, in a dose of 20 to 40g per day. It is also used in gingivitis, toothache, cough and sore throat.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
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