NAME: Calliandra portoricensis
FAMILY: Leguminosae
COMMON NAMES: Corpse awakener, snowflake acacia
LOCAL NAMES: Tude, ule, Oga, Mbuceioro
MORPHOLOGY DESCRIPTION: Corpse awakener is a large shrub or small tree with small bipinnate leaves have a feathery appearance and fluffy white flowers
USEFUL PART(s): Leaves, twigs, roots
GENERAL USES:
Medicinal uses
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
West Indies, Mexico and Panama
WHY IS IT GREEN?
Fevers
convulsions,
treatment of breast engorgement,
stomach disorders,
purgative
amenorrhoea,
headache
lumbago
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Susceptible to red spider mite and mealy bugs
FUN FACTS
FURTHER READING
Adaramoye, O., Erguen, B., Oyebode, O., Nitzsche, B., Höpfner, M., Jung, K., & Rabien, A. (2015). Antioxidant, antiangiogenic and antiproliferative activities of root methanol extract of Calliandra portoricensis in human prostate cancer cells. Journal of Integrative Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-4964(15)60175-3
Aguwa, C. N., & Lawal, A. M. (1988). Pharmacologic studies on the active principles of calliandra portoricensis leaf extracts. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(88)90231-0
Akah, P. A., & Nwaiwu, J. I. (1988). Anticonvulsant activity of root and stem extracts of Calliandra portoricensis. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(88)90128-6
Amadi, P. U., Agomuo, E. N., Bob-Chile Agada, A. I., Njoku, U. C., Ifeanacho, M. O., Okereke, J. C., Iheka, C. U., & Osuoha, J. O. (2018). Toxicities of selected medicinal plants and floras of lower phyla. Alexandria Journal of Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajme.2018.05.001
Hernandez, H. M. (1989). Systematics of Zapoteca (Leguminosae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. https://doi.org/10.2307/2399649