ALMEZ
almez celtis australis
ALMEZ
almez celtis australis
The tree is
a
very
almez
longevity (there are copies of more than 600 years) and height over 20 meters, with the ashen color of bark and branches flexible. The leaves fall off during the
winter
for rebrotar in the
spring
, these are lanceolate and have jagged edges. The flowers are born lonely in the armpits of the leaves are tiny and not very showy. The fruit is small, the size of
a
pea and colors ranging from green to black, passing through the
yellow
. One grows mainly in land of vineyards,
olive
groves and holm oaks.
It blooms in
spring
and fruit ripen in late
summer
and
autumn
. Interested in collecting the fruits and leaves, although the former is preferred for medicinal use, especially when they are not yet
mature
, to
mature
and to lose some of its properties.
The
family
of ulmáceas - it belongs to this species does not produce or alkaloids or glycosides or essences and therefore is not
a
large
family
of plants with medicinal uses, rather it comes to species that enjoy popular use. What they produce is many subjects tonic, located mainly in the cortex. The
almez
is well known for its fruit, regarded primarily as
a
delicious delicacy by many birds and not
a
few
children
, since it is
a
fruit that does not damage or empacha
but
is consumed in excessive quantities. The penalty is that it
has
much bone and little meat, so it usually does not satisfy the voracious appetite of young people. The most appropriate use of this plant is as astringent in
diarrhea
and
bleeding
,
but
without forgetting that the fruit should not be very
mature
, then loses its main virtue. Another popular use of that enjoyed this fruit (even today remains) is to cut too abundant menses.
Bake:
Take
a
handful of freshly uprooted fruit of the tree and put to boil for quite some time, past time, it cools off
a
bit and are taken in
moderate
amount. Is
a
good cure for dysentery. This preparation can be done with either the leaves or fruit, and even mixed with both.
Raw fruit:
Just uprooted tree, can be taken directly, proving
a
rich
but
little nutritious delicacy.
Astringent. Antidiarrheal. Antihaemorrhagics.
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