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Mimosa ophthalmocentra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Mimosoideae
Genus:	Mimosa
Species:	M. ophthalmocentra
Binomial name
*Mimosa ophthalmocentra* Mart. ex Benth., 1875^[1]

Mimosa ophthalmocentra, Jurema-embira ("Red Jurema") is a tree in the Fabaceae family. It is native to Brazil.^[1] It is shrub or small tree about 3 to 5 m tall.^[2]^[3] Its blossoms come in long, narrow cylindrical spikes having yellowish white petals and a white stamen.^[3] The blossoms are sometimes found to have a pink tinge.^[4] The fruit is green, sometimes with red or purple, flat, about 8 cm long and about 1 cm wide.^[4]

The trunk grows to about 20 cm in diameter.^[2]

It's wood has a density of about 1.12 g/cm³^[5] and it makes good firewood.^[6]

Medicinal use

For cases of cough and bronchitis, a water extract (decoction) of Mimosa ophthalmocentra is made into a drink.^[7] A handful of bark in one liter of water is used by itself or in a syrup.^[7] The solution is taken until the symptoms subside.^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mimosa ophthalmocentra information from NPGS/GRIN". www.ars-grin.gov. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?436943. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
^ ^a ^b "MORI 14225". mobot.mobot.org. http://mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_vast?ssdp=02919285. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
^ ^a ^b "SysTax - detailed information on Mimosa ophthalmocentra Mart.". www.biologie.uni-ulm.de. http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/cgi-bin/query_all/details.pl?id=42453&stufe=A&typ=PFL. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
^ ^a ^b "HERINGER 11963". mobot.mobot.org. http://mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_vast?ssdp=02915869. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
^ "Kew: Northeast Brazil Fuelwood Project - activities and progress". www.kew.org. http://www.kew.org/scihort/tropamerica/fuelwoodprojects.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
^ "Fuelwoods: Structure and Sustainability - Kew: Science Directory: Projects". www.kew.org. http://www.kew.org/science/directory/projects/FuelwoodsGeneral.html. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Divulga��o". 66.102.1.104. http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&q=cache:eKF_BsM_PxcJ:www.artigocientifico.com.br/uploads/artc_1180581455_38.pdf+medicinal+use+of+%22mimosa+tenuiflora%22. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
^ "Translated version of http://209.85.171.104/search?q=cache:x390ybNrGkAJ:www.ppgecologia.biologia.ufrj.br/oecologia/index.php/oecologiabrasiliensis/article/view/147/113&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6". translate.google.com. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=pt. Retrieved 2008-05-05.

External links

Categories: Medicinal plants | Mimosoideae

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Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales
Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Mimosoideae
Tribus: Mimoseae
Genus: Mimosa
Species: Mimosa ophthalmocentra

Name

Mimosa ophthalmocentra Mart. ex Benth.

References

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London 30(3):415. 1875
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06]. [1]