Pterocarpus acapulcensis
StarPterocarpus acapulcensis
Synonyms: Pterocarpus heterophyllus, Pterocarpus podocarpus, Pterocarpus vernalis, Pterocarpus minimus
Safety at a glance
No rule in our tables for this herb: pregnancy, breastfeeding, incompatible pairs (十八反 / 十九畏), herb–drug, dose ceiling. This is not a safety clearance.
Not graded — No toxicity grade is recorded. Most herbs in the catalogue carry none.
Traditionally used for
- Bowel health
- Skin
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Mexican folk medicine the red astringent kino/sap and bark of Pterocarpus acapulcensis (sangre de drago) are used for diarrhoea and dysentery, to staunch bleeding, and to treat wounds; the tannin-rich exudate is applied topically and taken internally as an astringent remedy (Martinez, 1969).
Botanical Description
Pterocarpus acapulcensis, the Mexican kino tree or "sangre de drago," is a deciduous tree in the Fabaceae native to seasonally dry forests of Mexico and Central America. It has pinnately compound leaves and bears yellow pea-like flowers, followed by the distinctive flattened, broadly winged (samaroid) pods characteristic of the genus. Cut bark exudes a red astringent sap (kino) that dries to a dark resinous gum.
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