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General Information

Zanthoxylum pentandrum is a tree.
The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Northern S. America - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guyanas.

Habitat

Not known

Properties

Medicinal Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	0.00 m
Pollinators	Insects
Self-fertile	No
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

A plant of low elevations in the moist tropics.

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if seed is required.

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The resin in the plant is astringent and vulnerary[].

The bark is febrifuge. It is regarded by some local peoples as being the equivalent of quinine. It is used in a tonic and febrifuge for certain forms of malarial fever when quinine does not produce the desired effect[].
The bark is chewed into a fine pulp and then inserted into a tooth cavity to relieve the pain[].
A decoction of the trunk-bark is used as a hot bath to soothe venereal chancres, and to remedy eruptions of pimples on the legs of children[].

The wall of the capsule is aromatic, piquant[].

An infusion of the root in alcohol is believed an efficacious aphrodisiac[].

The wood contains lupeol, and the alkaloids berberine and magnoflorine[].
The stem-bark contains magnoflorine and choline[]

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -

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