Hydnocarpus anthelminticus Pierre ex Laness.
Kebun Raya Bogor, Indonesia
(Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesia).
Hydnocarpus anthelminticus Pierre ex Laness. Achariaceae, pre. Flacourtiaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Pokok kusta, Becampoih (Sumatera), Kandar luntung (Sunda), Luteng (Jawa), Wanute (Sulawesi)], Chaulmoogra oil tree, Krabao oil, Dafengzi, dà fēng zǐ 大风子, Siamese chaulmoogra. Distribution - Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, China. trees or shrubs, more rarely evergreen, reaching a height of 7-20 (-30) m tall, with strictly straight trunk, gray-brown bark; twigs thick, slightly enlarged in the node. Petiole 5-15 mm, glabrous; leaf green leaf when fresh, often reddish brown, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, (7 -) 10-20 (-30) × 3-8 cm. The axillary inflorescences. Flowers mostly unisexual, yellowish green or pink, fragrant. The fruit is a globose berry, 8-12 cm in diameter. Seeds numerous, 30-50 (-100), 1.5 to 2.2 × 1-1.7 cm. a recognized alternative treatment for this infectious disease. Used centuries ago for patients with leprosy in Indian and Chinese folk medicine, this remedy entered Western medicine only in the 19th century, before sulfones and antibiotics had started their era. Given its anti-mycobacterial activity, The oil has also been prescribed against conditions caused by mycobacteria, such as the tuberculous laryngitis. The oil was applied externally, directly on the skin regions affected by leprosy. Also used to cure flatulence, eczema, decrease itchiness, lessen skin redness. lowering blood sugar and remedying psoriasis. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name dà fēng zǐ (大风子).
Ref. and suggested reading:
apps.cs.ipb.ac.id/ipbiotics/user/organism/detail/detail_o...
www.liveandfeel.com/articles/hydnocarpus-anthelminticus-i...
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnocarpus_anthelmintica
Hydnocarpus anthelminticus Pierre ex Laness.
Kebun Raya Bogor, Indonesia
(Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesia).
Hydnocarpus anthelminticus Pierre ex Laness. Achariaceae, pre. Flacourtiaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Pokok kusta, Becampoih (Sumatera), Kandar luntung (Sunda), Luteng (Jawa), Wanute (Sulawesi)], Chaulmoogra oil tree, Krabao oil, Dafengzi, dà fēng zǐ 大风子, Siamese chaulmoogra. Distribution - Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, China. trees or shrubs, more rarely evergreen, reaching a height of 7-20 (-30) m tall, with strictly straight trunk, gray-brown bark; twigs thick, slightly enlarged in the node. Petiole 5-15 mm, glabrous; leaf green leaf when fresh, often reddish brown, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, (7 -) 10-20 (-30) × 3-8 cm. The axillary inflorescences. Flowers mostly unisexual, yellowish green or pink, fragrant. The fruit is a globose berry, 8-12 cm in diameter. Seeds numerous, 30-50 (-100), 1.5 to 2.2 × 1-1.7 cm. a recognized alternative treatment for this infectious disease. Used centuries ago for patients with leprosy in Indian and Chinese folk medicine, this remedy entered Western medicine only in the 19th century, before sulfones and antibiotics had started their era. Given its anti-mycobacterial activity, The oil has also been prescribed against conditions caused by mycobacteria, such as the tuberculous laryngitis. The oil was applied externally, directly on the skin regions affected by leprosy. Also used to cure flatulence, eczema, decrease itchiness, lessen skin redness. lowering blood sugar and remedying psoriasis. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name dà fēng zǐ (大风子).
Ref. and suggested reading:
apps.cs.ipb.ac.id/ipbiotics/user/organism/detail/detail_o...
www.liveandfeel.com/articles/hydnocarpus-anthelminticus-i...
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnocarpus_anthelmintica