Maclura cochinchinensis (Lour.) Corner

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Maclura cochinchinensis (Lour.) Corner

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+ Origin: Vietnam;

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Description: Spreading shrub; bark grey, spotted with white. Stems and branches with incurved spines. Leaves alternate, shining green above. Flowers dioecious, pale-yellow; the male long-pedicelled in a short raceme, the female sessile in a dense axillary head. Fruit: a syncarp. All parts of the plant contain a milky juice.

Flowering period: April - May

Distribution: Grows wild in the hills and mountains and on roadsides.

Parts used: The roots and leaves, collected all the year round. The roots are used dried and the leaves fresh.

Chemical composition: The roots and leaves contain flavonoids.

Therapeutic uses: The fresh leaves, stripped of their petioles and finely pounded, or a decoction of leaves, are used in poultices for the healing of wounds of the soft parts. For penetrating wounds, poultices are applied on both sides and covered with a dressing.

Poultices and dressings are changed once a day. The roots are effective in rheumatism, oedema, blood stasis, dysmenorrhoea and contusions. They are used in a dose of 10 to 30g per day, in the form of a decoction.

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