ALHENA (ligustrum vulgare)

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	ALHENA
	*ligustrum vulgare*

Name
ALHENA

Scientific Name
ligustrum vulgare

ALHENA

Oleáceas Family.

Description: Shrub, to times arbolillo, with the slightly pubescentes ramifications and oval or elliptical leaves, lanceoladas, coriáceas, with a clear medium nerviación, briefly pecioladas, with the whole margin, superior, opaque shining lamina the inferior one. Flowers reunited in apical ear, with pecíolo hanging, chalice tubular, tetradentado, corola tubular, tetralobulada, white. The fruit is a ovoidal, blackish berry, that locks up the seeds. Plant that grows spontaneous and that also is cultivated on calcáreos grounds, as much of the plain as of hills. It often surpasses both meters of height. It is collected in June.

Used parts: The leaves.

Composed chemical: Ligustrina, draws resin from, tannin, manitol.

Property: Healing, detergent.

Way of use: Infusion, cataplasm.

Note: The internal use of the plant must be avoided, since it can give rise to intolerancia phenomena. Although the crust was used long ago like stomach, is safer to limit itself the external use, whose prepared they have an effective action without no type of danger. The seeds are oleosas.

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