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| GUMBOLIMBO |
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Bursera
Species: simaruba, graveolens
Common Name: Almacigo Blanco, Almacigo Colorado, Almacigo, Bois D'Encens,
Chique, Fragon Caranne, Gommier Blanc, Gommier Rouge, Indio Desnudo, Jobo, Gumbolimbo |
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| DESCRIPTION |
| Properties/Actions: |
Analagesic, Anti-inflammatory, Aphrodisiac, Cytostatic, Depurative,
Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Expetorant, Febrifuge Insecticide, Vulnerary |
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Gumbolimbo is a large tree up to 25 meters in height with red shaggy bark
that peels off in paper thin strips. It is indigenous to the Amazon, Belize,
Haiti, and tropical parts of Central America. Its leaves are 5-12 cm long and
the tree produces small round fuits about 8 mm long.
Rosita Arvigo reports that the barks is a common topical remedy for skin
affections like skin sores, measles, sunburn, insect bites and rashes. It's also
taken internally urinary tract infections and pain, colds, flu, sun stroke,
fevers and to purify the blood. A strip of bark about 4 -5 cm x 30 cm is boiled
in a gallon of water for 10 minutes for this local remedy and then used
topically or drunk as a tea |
| ETHNOBOTANY WORLDWIDE USES |
Bahamas |
Ache(Back), Aphrodisiac, Debility, Hunger, Impotency, Rash, Strain |
Belize |
Colds, Depurative, Fevers, Flu, Insect Bites, Measles, Rashes, Skin
Sores, Sun Stroke, Sunburn, Urinary Tract Infections |
Dominican Republic |
Cystitis, Intestine, Kneecap, Lactogogue(Veterinary), Nephritis |
Elsewhere |
Ache(Stomach), Depilatory, Muscle Fatigue, Obesity, Renitis,
Rheumatism, Tumor, Venereal, Wound |
Guatemala |
Ache(Stomach), Bite(Snake), Gangrene |
Haiti |
Antiseptic Calculus, Diarrhea, Diuretic, Insectrepellant, Nephritis,
Sore, Vulnerary |
Mexico |
Athma, Bite(Snake), Colic, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Dropsy, Dysentery,
Enterorrhagia, Expectorant, Fever, Purgative, Stomach, Swelling, Venereal,
Yellow-Fever |
Peru |
Analgesic, Blood Purifier, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Insecticide,
Rheumatism |
Venezuela |
Cancer(Stomach), Corn, Debility, Hernia,
Rheumatism |
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| References/Footnotes: |
- Rosita Arvigo & Michael Balick, Rainforest Remedies, One Hundred
Healing Herbs of Belize, Lotus Press, 1993
- Phytochemistry of the Burseraceae. Pernet, R. Lloydia 35 3: 280-287 (1972)
- Medicinal Plants Used in Some Rural Populations of Oaxaca, Puebla and
Veracruz, Mexico. Zamora-martinez, M.C., et.al, J Ethnopharmacol 35 3: 229-257
(1992)
- Vegetales Empleados En Medicina Tradicional Norperuana, Ramirez, V.R,
Trujillo, Peru, June, 1988 : 54pp- (1988)
- Digestive Disorders and Plant Medicine in Highland Guatemala, Logan,M.H.,
Anthropos 68 : 537-543 (1973)
- Plantas Medicinales, Aromaticas O Venenosas De Cuba. Roig Y Mesa, J.T.,
Book 1945 : 872pp- (1945) ( Cuba)
- Beckstrom-Sternberg, S., and Duke, JA, Ethnobotany Database, Agricultural
Research Service, USDA
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