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]
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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 | |
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
editTraditionally 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
edit- ^ a b "Mimosa ophthalmocentra". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ a b "MORI 14225". mobot.mobot.org. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ a b "SysTax - detailed information on Mimosa ophthalmocentra Mart". www.biologie.uni-ulm.de. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ a b "HERINGER 11963". mobot.mobot.org. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "Kew: Northeast Brazil Fuelwood Project - activities and progress". www.kew.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "Fuelwoods: Structure and Sustainability - Kew: Science Directory: Projects". www.kew.org. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
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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.
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"Translated version of http://www.ppgecologia.biologia.ufrj.br/oecologia/index.php/oecologiabrasiliensis/article/view/147/113". Retrieved 2008-05-05.
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