Biology:Mimosa ophthalmocentra
| Mimosa ophthalmocentra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Mimosa |
| Species: | M. ophthalmocentra
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimosa ophthalmocentra Mart. ex Benth., 1875[1]
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Mimosa ophthalmocentra, or jurema-embira ("red jurema"), is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil .[1] It is shrub or small tree about 3 to 5 m tall.[2][3] Its blossoms come in long, narrow cylindrical spikes having yellowish white petals and a white stamen.[3] The blossoms are sometimes found to have a pink tinge.[4] The fruit is green, sometimes with red or purple, flat, about 8 cm long and about 1 cm wide.[4]
The trunk grows to about 20 cm in diameter.[2]
Its wood has a density of about 1.12 g/cm3[5] and it makes good firewood.[6]
Traditional use
Traditionally in northeast Brazil, for cases of cough and bronchitis, a water extract (decoction) of Mimosa ophthalmocentra is made into a drink.[7] A handful of bark in one liter of water is used by itself or in a syrup.[7] The solution is taken until the symptoms subside.[7][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Mimosa ophthalmocentra | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2008-05-05 }}
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "MORI 14225". mobot.mobot.org. http://mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_vast?ssdp=02919285. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SysTax - detailed information on Mimosa ophthalmocentra Mart.". www.biologie.uni-ulm.de. http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/cgi-bin/query_all/details.pl?id=42453&stufe=A&typ=PFL. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "HERINGER 11963". mobot.mobot.org. http://mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_vast?ssdp=02915869. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ↑ "Kew: Northeast Brazil Fuelwood Project - activities and progress". www.kew.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20120921230401/http://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/fuelwoodprojects.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ↑ "Fuelwoods: Structure and Sustainability - Kew: Science Directory: Projects". www.kew.org. http://www.kew.org/science/directory/projects/FuelwoodsGeneral.html. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 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". Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy 17 (1): 114–140. doi:10.1590/s0102-695x2007000100021. Archived from the original on August 21, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100821050100/http://www.artigocientifico.com.br/uploads/artc_1180581455_38.pdf.
- ↑ "Translated version of http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:x390ybNrGkAJ:www.ppgecologia.biologia.ufrj.br/oecologia/index.php/oecologiabrasiliensis/article/view/147/113&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6". https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=pt%7Cen&u=http://209.85.171.104/search%3Fq%3Dcache:x390ybNrGkAJ:www.ppgecologia.biologia.ufrj.br/oecologia/index.php/oecologiabrasiliensis/article/view/147/113%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26cd%3D6&prev=/translate_s%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3D%2522Mimosa%2Bophthalmocentra%2522%2Bseeds%26sl%3Den%26tl%3Dpt. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
External links
- Microscope slide of Mimosa ophthalmocentra wood sample (www.kew.org)
- Mimosa ophthalmocentra herbarium specimen (NY Botanical Gardens)[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
Wikidata ☰ Q6862336 entry
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