Gleditsia australis (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Gleditsia australis Hemsley ex Forbes & Hemsley
- Protologue: Journ. Linn. Soc. 23: 208, tab. 5 (1887).
Synonyms
- Pogocybe entadoides Pierre (1899).
Vernacular names
- Févier de Chine (Fr)
- Vietnam: bù kết, tao giác, bồ kếp.
Distribution
G. australis is found in southern China and Vietnam, also often in cultivation.
Uses
A decoction of the pods is a popular shampoo in Vietnam, due to its high saponin content; it is considered an antidandruff treatment. The smoke of burned pods is inhaled to loosen mucus, and to get rid of it at the beginning of a cold. The liquid from macerating the pods in alcohol is applied to contusions.
Observations
- A tree up to 10 m tall, branches armed with branched thorns up to 15 cm long.
- Leaves up to 12 cm long, usually bipinnate with 2-4 pairs of pinnae, leaflets oblong, 2-3.5 cm × 1-2 cm, crenulate.
- Inflorescence a downy raceme or panicle up to 15 cm long.
- Flowers 5 mm in diameter, pedicel short.
- Fruit oblongoid, up to 12 cm × 2 cm, smooth, up to 10-seeded.
- Seed 10 mm × 7 mm, brown.
The tree could be grown in Malesia especially at higher elevations.
Selected sources
- [263] Doan Thi Nhu, Do Huy Bich, Pham Kim Man, Nguyen Thuong Thuc, Bui Xuan Chuong & Pham Duy Mai (Editors), 1990. Les plantes médicinales au Vietnam. Livre 2. Médecine traditionnelle et pharmacopée [The medicinal plants of Vietnam. Volume 2. Traditional medicine and pharmacopoeia]. Agence de coopération Culturelle et Technique, Paris, France. 189 pp.
- [585] Larsen, K., Larsen, S.S. & Vidal, J.E., 1980. Légumineuses-Caesalpinioïdées [Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae]. In: Vidal, J.E. & Vidal, Y. (Editors): Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viêtnam [Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam]. Vol. 18. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. 227 pp.
- [739] Nguyen Van Duong, 1993. Medicinal plants of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Mekong Printing, Santa Ana, California, United States. 528 pp.
- [786] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.
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Authors
- H.C. Ong