Lithraea molleoides

Lithraea molleoides

taxobox
name = "Lithraea molleoides"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Anacardiaceae
genus = "Lithraea"
species = "L. molleoides"
binomial = "Lithraea molleoides"
binomial_authority = (Vell.) Engl.|

"Lithraea molleoides" (syn. "Lithraea molleoides" var. "lorentziana" Lillo, "Lithraea ternifolia", "Schinus brasiliensis" Marchand ex Cabrera, "Schinus leucocarpus" M., "Schinus molleoides" (Vell.) Engler, "Lithraea aroeirinha" Marchand ex Warm. [ [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?22420 "Lithraea molleoides"] at [http://www.ars-grin.gov/ Germplasm Resources Information Network] ] ) is a tree (2.5 and 8 m tall) that is native to South America, specially in Argentina, Bolivia, and Cerrado vegetation of Brazil.

This plant is used as a honey plant and medicinal plant in the form of alcoholic extracts, decoctions, and infusions for the treatment of arthritis, bronchitis, cough, and diseases of the digestive system. It is also used as diuretic, hemostatic, tonic agent, and tranquillizer. Furthermore, it has antimicrobial, antiviral, cytotoxic, and immunomodulatory proprieties. In contrast, it is a poisonous plant because it can cause allergic sensitivity, skin disease, fever, and visual problems. [Shimizu, Mario Tsunezi; Bueno, Leandro de Jesus Franco;Rodrigues, Rosa Fátima Oliveira; Sallowicz, Fabiano Augusto; Sawaya, Alexandra Christine Helena Frankland; Marques, Márcia Ortiz Maio. [http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000400028&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en "Essential oil of Lithraea molleoides (Vell.): chemical composition and antimicrobial activity"] Brazilian Journal of Microbiology vol.37 no.4 São Paulo Oct./Dec. 2006]

ee also

*List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
*List of honey plants

References

External links

* [http://www.sib.gov.ar/fichas/flora.aspx?id=Lithraea%20molleoides&accion=tecnica Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad: "Lithraea molleoides"]


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