ROBINIA (acacia falsa robinia pseudoacacia)

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	ROBINIA
	*acacia falsa robinia pseudoacacia*

Name
ROBINIA

Scientific Name
acacia falsa robinia pseudoacacia

ROBINIA

Other Names:

White Acacia, Thorny Acacia, Robinia

The false acacia was introduced in Europe in 1601 by Jean Robin, gardener of the king of France. Of there its scientific name and one of the vulgar ones. Although it is used as it plants ornamental, has interesting medicinal properties. With the nectar of their flowers the bees very elaborate an appreciated honey.

Habitat: original of North America, its culture as it plants ornamental has extended by all the tempered zones of the planet.

Description: tree of the family of the Leguminosas of 4 to 20 meters of height, with branches provided with long sharpened thorns. The flowers are white, in hanging clusters, very aromatic and of flavor dulzón.

Used parts: the flowers and the leaves.

Properties and indications: the flowers and the leaves contain flavonoides, glucósidos (robinina), tannin and an essential oil. They are antispasmodic (they alleviate the espasmos of the hollow vísceras), colagogas (facilitate the evacuating of the bile) and emollients (they smooth to the skin and the mucous). Dispepsia (heavy digestion) and upheavals of the biliary vesicle are used as stomach in case of. By its emollient action, they protect to the mucous of the esophagus and estomago of the excess of acid. They are recommended in case of pirosis (acidity), esofagitis and gastroduodenal ulcer. In gárgaras they alleviate the irritations of the throat.

Use: It is taken in infusion done with about 20 grams of flowers by liter of water, of which it is recommended that a cup is taken after each food. For external use garglings with the same infusion become that is used internally.

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