|
Botany
A woody vine. Leaves
are oblong or obovate-lanceolate, 7 to 10 cm long, pointed at
both ends. Flowers are small, white and clustered. Fruit is very
long and slender, 15 to 20 cm long, smooth, and narrowed between
the seeds. Seeds are about a centimeter long, sharply pointed
at one end, crowned at the other with numerous white hairs about
2.5 cm long.
Distribution
Common in thickets
and open forests at low and medium altitudes.
Constituents
Bark - caoutchouc, 8.5%;
rubber; resin, 6%.
Parts used and preparation
Twigs, leaves and bark.
Uses
Folkloric
Cuts and lacerations:
Pound twigs and leaves and apply on affected parts.
Infusion of leaves taken internally as an emmenagogue, to facilitate
menses.
The bark, macerated in oil is an efficient vulnerary; also used internally
for tuberculosis.
Decoction of the bark is drunk after childbirth to help shrink the uterus.
Decoction of the bark also used for dysentery and externally for wounds.
Referred to as "Balsamo de Cebu," prepared by cooking in coconut
oil a mixture of the root bark and branches of Parameria barbata.
Others
"Tagulauai"
oil is valued as a cicatrizant; to prepare, macerate the bark in coconut
oil.
"Balsamo de Tagulaway" or Balsamo
de Cebu is prepared by cooking the root-bark and branches
of Parameria barbata in coconut oil.
Studies
• Studies
on the constituents of bark of Parameria laevigata moldenke:
One new trimeric proanthocyanadin and two new tetrameric proanthocyanidains
– parameritannin A-1 and parameritannin A-2 were isolated from
the bark of Parameria laevigata Moldenke.
Availability
Wild-crafted.
|
