Calliandra portoricensis

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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