Umganu - Sclerocarya birrea

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VSPACE="0">A decoction of the bark boiled in water is used as a body strengthener.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A hot infusion of the bark is drunk as a tonic for weakness/tiredness.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A root infusion is swallowed to arouse or prevent possession from spirits by the Ndebele from Zimbabwe.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Unspecified parts are used to facilitate divination by the Shangaan.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Unspecified parts are used for magical purposes.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Purification rites are performed by washing/bathing with the bark.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An extract of the fruit sap is drunk in Swaziland as an intoxicant.</B></I></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="a522c810.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Considered by some to be the most important of all southern African fruit trees.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The delicious fruit is eaten fresh or is fermented to produce marula beer.</B></I></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="a54c87c0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="a56c89e0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="158" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="a5b64940.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="148" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <I><B>The world's 2nd best-selling liquer is made from the fruit of the marula tree</B></I><I>.</I></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Chemistry :</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The bark contains procyanidins. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The plant contains gallotannins (hydrolysable tannins), flavonoids and catechins (flavan-3-ols). </B></I></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Pharmacological action :</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The stem bark is antibacterial.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The bark is antidiarrhoeal.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The leaf is hypoglycaemic.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The root is antimalarial.</B></I></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a505e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/sclerocarya-birrea-umganu-p-550.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/sclero"><B>Click here to buy umganu bark</B></A><B>.</B></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.TheBotanicalSource.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.TheBotanicalSource.com"><B><IMG SRC="14bc58780.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>  Subscribe to The Botanical Source free newsletter:<br><br> <form action="http://freeautobot.com/cgi-bin/autores/autores.cgi" target="_blank"> <input type=hidden name="do" value="add_lead_external"> 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