CEIBA
erythrina crista-galli .
CEIBA
erythrina crista-galli .
Names:
"ceibo colorado", "Seibo, " "poplar", "zuinandi", "sihiñiandi" in Guarani, "peié - suket" (
red
fruit) in Vilela, "nainík", "Chapel (
a
) will llâlé " (daughter of the club drunk) " Ima botarañí " (house of duck clubs) into Toba, " corticeira ", " sananduva ", " sumavreira crista of Gaul, "" Erythrina " (
Brazil
) " crete - de - coq " (France) " commons coral tree " (England) " French
pinion
" (Cuba)
Geographical distribution and habitat:
It
was
scattered from southern
Brazil
, Paraguay and Uruguay to
Argentina
(Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman,
Santiago
del
Estero
, Formosa,
Chaco
, Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires) forming Seibal in places or in flooded grasses, albardones, skirting rivers and streams.
Brief description of the plant:
Tree of up to 10 m. tall, with recurved goads and deciduous foliage. Large sheets glabrous, with 1 - 3 goads on the underside of the petiole, leaflets oval or elliptical - lanceolate of 3 - 11 cm. in length. Flowers arranged in clusters, deep
red
, 3 - 6 cm. long, fleshy. Fruit, pods arched, 10 - 20 cm. long, dark
brown
,
kidney
- shaped seeds with 1 - 6. It blooms from November to February.
Uses and part used:
The leaves are used as Antihaemorrhoidals for external use, as antiseptic and astringent, the bark of the stem; narcosis, leaves, flowers and bark of the stem; in dyeing wool and
cotton
, flowers, in sculptures, Tarugos, rafts,
wheels
, etc. Timber. It is an ornamental plant and
was
declared
a
national
flower
Argentina
in 1942.
Chemical compounds isolated:
In either: hipaforina; eritratina, eritralina, eritramina; alkaloid and erisonina.
S:
erisopina, erisodina; erisovina; acid Caprice, lauric, myristic, palmitic, stearic, peanutbutter, oleic, linoleic, eicosénico.
fl:
cinanidín - 3 -
phosphorus
, cianidín - 3 - glucoside, pelargonidin - 3 - glucoside.
h
: n - nororientalina, erybidina, eritrinina; cristamidina, erisotrina.
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