![]() In the Philippines, it is used to reduce fever and to promote libido, and the gummy exudate of the plant is eaten to treat dysentery, menorrhagia, and diabetes. The juice squeezed from the leaves is used to treat asthma and coughs. In Indonesia, a decoction is used as a drink to treat gravels (small kidney calculi), and a decoction of leaves is used to treat syphilis. In Malaysia, the bark is used to treat asthma. The bark is used to promote urination, to treat gonorrhea, to reduce fever, and to treat diarrhea. In Cambodia, the root is used to reduce fever. ![]() In Burma, the roots are used to invigorate and the leaves are used to treat gonorrhea. The bark is useful in hepatopathy, abdominal complaint, tumours and colic. Uses: The roots are useful in gonorrhoea, dysuria, intermittent fevers. Yunani suggest the gum or roots for biliousness, boils, blood disorders, dysuria, fever, gonorrhea, impotence, and leprosy.Singaporans pound leaves with onions and turmeric for cough (IHB).Malayans use leaf decoction or tea in childbirth, fever, and syphilis (IHB).Latinos apply decoction (4 g bark/l water, boil 15 min) to leg ulcers and hemorrhoids (JFM).Javanese take leaf tea for catarrh, cough, enterosis, hoarseness, and urethritis (IHB).Javanese take bark, with areca, nutmeg, and sugar candy as a diuretic for bladder stones (IHB).Conversely (perhaps because of the tree’s rapid growth, or more probably the fecundity of the seed), the bark sap is given to sterile women to promote conception in Congo, Ivory Coast, and Upper Volta (UPW). ![]() Haitians use tender shoot decoction as a contraceptive (VOD).Haitians use a compress or lotion of the leaves to alleviate dizziness (VOD).Haitians mix fruit pulp with 1/3 lemon juice as antiseptic in nervousness and yellow fever (VOD).Haitians bathe or poultice leaf decoction onto bites, boils, dermatosis, erysipelas, fatigue,infections, and sprains, drinking the tea for cough, hoarseness, and sore throat (VOD).Filipinos use bark as aphrodisiac (IHB).Cambodians prescribe the fruit in migraine and vertigo (KAB).Brazilians suggest the sap in conjunctivosis (MPB).Ayurvedic suggest the gum for blood disorders, cancer, hepatosis, obesity, pain, and.Ashes used as salt substitute (FAC TAN UPW). Flowers and dried stamens also eaten, the latter in curries used in coconut Soups or fermented into “kantong” presscake used in making some types of tempeh. ![]() Young leaves, buds, and fruits eaten like okra. Uses: Anti-inflammatory, Hypoglycaemic,Antiangiogenic, Antimicrobial, Antiulcerogenic, Antidrepanocytary, Hepatoprotective, Antivenom Activity. as leaves drop.įruit dry, 5-parted, 10–26 cm long, to 4 cm wide, opening to expose grayish kapok fibers and seeds fruits Mar.–Apr. Leaves alternate, crowded at branch tips, stalk 5–23 cm long, blade palmately compound, leaflets 10–21 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, lance-shaped, pointed at both ends leafless during dry season.įlowers white, pale yellow, or pink, brown inside, showy, radially symmetrical, 5-parted, petals 3–4 cm long, 1 cm wide pollinated by bats, visited by many insects blooms Jan.–Feb. Italian: Albero Del Kapok, Pianta Del Kapok ĭesctiption: Tree to 40 m tall, trunk to 1.5 m diameter, crown broad, bark pale grayish brown, with horizontal lines, young trunks with warty, conical spines older, buttressed trunks have rows of warty-flaky bumps about 1.5 cm diameter buttresses large, thick, to 10 m tall, extending out to 10 m from base. Indonesia: Randu (Java), Randu (Sundanese), Sumaúma-Verdadeira (Portuguese) British WestĬameroon: Douma (Sangmelima, Ebolowa), Dum (Yaounde), Bouma (Douala), Djam (Bangangte), Nfuma, Várzea, Sumaúma-De-Macaco, Sumaúma-Rosada, indicum DC.īolivia: Hoja De Yuca, Toborochi (Spanish),īrazil: Arvore-Da-Lã, Arvore-Da-Seda, Barriguda guianense Sagot, Eriodendron anfractuosum var. caribaeum DC., Eriodendron anfractuosum var. africanum DC., Eriodendron anfractuosum var. indica Bakhuisen, Eriodendron anfractuosum var. caribaea (DC.) Bakh., Ceiba pentandra var. Don ex Loud., Eriodendron occidentale (Spreng.) G.Don, Eriodendron orientale Kostel., Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz, Gossampinus alba Buch.-Ham., Gossampinus rumphii Schott & Endl., Xylon pentandrum Kuntze, Ceiba guineensis var. Chev., Ceiba thonningii A.Chev., Eriodendron anfractuosum DC., Eriodendron caribaeum G.Don, Eriodendron caribaeum G. , Bombax orientale Spreng., Bombax pentandrum L., Bombax pentandrum Jacq., Ceiba anfractuosa (DC.) M.Gómez, Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A.Chev., Ceiba casearia Medik., Ceiba guineensis (Thonn.) A.Chev., Ceiba occidentalis (Spreng.) Burkill, Ceiba thonnerii A. & Thonn., Bombax guineensis Schumach., Bombax inerme L., Bombax mompoxense Kunth, Bombax occidentale Spreng. Synonyms: Bombax cumanense Kunth, Bombax guineense Schum.
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