Mimosa ophthalmocentra

Mimosa ophthalmocentra, Jurema-embira ("Red Jurema") is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil.[2] It is shrub or small tree about 3 to 5 m tall.[3][4] Its blossoms come in long, narrow cylindrical spikes having yellowish white petals and a white stamen.[4] The blossoms are sometimes found to have a pink tinge.[5] The fruit is green, sometimes with red or purple, flat, about 8 cm long and about 1 cm wide.[5]

Mimosa ophthalmocentra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae[1]
(unranked):
Mimosoid clade[1]
Genus:
Mimosa
Species:
M. ophthalmocentra
Binomial name
Mimosa ophthalmocentra
Mart. ex Benth., 1875[2]

The trunk grows to about 20 cm in diameter.[3]

Its wood has a density of about 1.12 g/cm³[6] and it makes good firewood.[7]

Traditional use

Traditionally in northeast Brazil, for cases of cough and bronchitis, a water extract (decoction) of Mimosa ophthalmocentra is made into a drink.[8] A handful of bark in one liter of water is used by itself or in a syrup.[8] The solution is taken until the symptoms subside.[8][9]

References
  1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
  2. "Mimosa ophthalmocentra". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  3. "MORI 14225". mobot.mobot.org. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  4. "SysTax - detailed information on Mimosa ophthalmocentra Mart". www.biologie.uni-ulm.de. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  5. "HERINGER 11963". mobot.mobot.org. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  6. "Kew: Northeast Brazil Fuelwood Project - activities and progress". www.kew.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  7. "Fuelwoods: Structure and Sustainability - Kew: Science Directory: Projects". www.kew.org. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  8. 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.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  9. "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". Retrieved 2008-05-05. External link in |title= (help)
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