3S4 MEDICINAL LEGUMINOS.i: 



Calliandra Houstoni (Plant).— The Mexican Painbotano. The bark, 

 which is a bitter tonic of the highest order, is used for fevers. 

 .According to an analysis by Dr. Bocquillon, it contains no alkaloid. 



Entada gigalobium (Liane). — In Martinique the common names 

 for this plant are Climbing root^ St. Thomas's Heart., Liane a bceiif. 



The seed has febrifugal and anthelminthic properties. M. A. 

 Petit has found a glucoside, safonin, resin, fixed oil and gallic acid. 



The seed is also in demand for snake bites (Bocquillon). 



Entada scandens (Liane). — This plant is known as Liane sabre. 

 The seeds are used in India as an emetic. A mucilaginous substance 

 is found in the unripe fruit which is used in India for preparing a 

 hair-wash. 



Mimosa pudica (Shrub). — According to Daruty, this is a diuretic 

 and a sedative and is to be prescribed for gravel and infantile con- 

 vulsions. 



Prosopis alba (Tree). — This is used in South America for treating 

 catarrhal troubles. The bark is employed in the form of a decoction, 

 the flavour of which is bitter and the smell similar to that of fenu- 

 greek. 



Spirolobium australe (Tree). — The fruit of this plant has an 

 astringent action, and is employed, in the form of an aqueous in- 

 fusion, internally and externally, for treating diarrhoea and blennor- 

 rhagia. It is also said to have abortive properties. It is known in 

 the Argentine as Pata de Galle (Bocquillon). 



Stryphnodendron polyphyllum (Tree). — This plant is known in 

 Brazil as Casca de Barbatimao. 



Drs. Peiscoto and Bocquillon prescribe a decoction of the bark, 

 or else the powdered bark, in the form of a poultice, for stimulating 

 indolent ulcers. The powder taken in the form of snuff is good for 

 stopping bleeding from the nose (Bocquillon). 



Tetrapleura Thonningii (Tree). — A decoction of the bark is used 

 as an emetic ; the fruit is used for fumigating purposes and as a 

 febrifuge (Lanessan). 



