Cerejeira
StarAmburana cearensis
Synonyms: Torresea cearensis, Amburana claudii
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Brazilian (caatinga and cerrado) and Bolivian folk medicine, decoctions, syrups and tinctures of Amburana cearensis bark and seeds are widely used for asthma, bronchitis, persistent cough and rheumatic and muscular pain; pharmacological work has confirmed antispasmodic and bronchodilator activity attributed largely to coumarin and amburoside A (Mors, Rizzini & Pereira, 2000; Leal et al., 2003).
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Botanical Description
Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A.C.Sm. (Fabaceae), known as 'cerejeira', 'cumaru-do-cerrado' or 'amburana-de-cheiro', is a deciduous canopy tree 8–20 m tall native to the seasonally dry forests, cerrado and caatinga of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Peru. The trunk has a smooth, greenish-grey bark that flakes in thin papery sheets, exposing reddish under-bark. Leaves are alternate, imparipinnate, 10–25 cm long, with 7–13 alternate elliptic to ovate leaflets 2–6 cm long. Flowers are small, white, fragrant and arranged in dense terminal panicles. The fruit is a dehiscent, flattened, sub-woody legume 5–8 cm long containing a single oblong, winged, coumarin-scented seed. It grows on well-drained soils in seasonally dry vegetation up to 1000 m. The bark and seeds are highly aromatic owing to coumarin and other volatile compounds and are widely used in Brazilian and Andean traditional medicine as remedies for respiratory complaints and pain.
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