Stryphnodendron rotundifolium
StarStryphnodendron rotundifolium
Synonyms: Stryphnodendron rotundifolium f. retusa, Stryphnodendron discolor, Stryphnodendron obovatum
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
Like other barbatimão species of the Brazilian cerrado, the tannin-rich bark of Stryphnodendron rotundifolium is used in Brazilian folk medicine. Decoctions and washes of the bark are applied as an astringent and wound-healing (vulnerary) remedy for skin lesions, sores, ulcers and inflammation, and taken for gastrointestinal and gynaecological complaints (Lorenzi & Matos, 2002; Souza-Moreira et al., 2018). The high tannin content underlies its documented astringent and wound-healing actions.
Botanical Description
Stryphnodendron rotundifolium is a small tree or shrub of the Fabaceae (mimosoid clade), characteristic of the Brazilian cerrado and related seasonally dry savanna vegetation, and one of several species sharing the popular name "barbatimão." It has a gnarled, often crooked trunk with thick, fissured, tannin-rich bark and bipinnate leaves composed of many small, rounded leaflets. Small cream to yellowish flowers are crowded in dense, cylindrical, spike-like racemes, followed by thick, somewhat curved, woody pods. Like its relatives it is well adapted to the fire-prone, nutrient-poor, seasonally dry savanna where it grows.
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