A large Bolivian tree; flowers in axillary clusters; bark ashy grey on the older trees on account of lichen growths; the inner bark is generally thicker than the outer; leaves pinnate and of peculiar growth, as the lower leaflets fall young ones grow at the end of the same leaf-stalk, which elongates, the lower outer portion becomes woody with an outer bark and a thin pith inside and grows into a branch.

Emetic, emmenagogue, expectorant, laxative, stimulant.

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Alpha-amyrin, beta-sitosterol (plant); tannin (bark)

For bronchitis and pulmonary complaints