Naming |
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| Botanical Name: | Ailanthus altissima (mill.) Sengle simaroubaceae |
| Common Names: | Tree-of-heaven, |
| Key Name: | Copal Tree |
| Parts Used: | Fresh or dried root and stem bark. |
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Characteristics |
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| Stem: | 10 -20 m; |
| Leaves: | 30 cm to 1 m long, subdevided into 11 -14 oblong, lanceolate or ovate, gland-baring leaflets. 7.5 to 11.5 cm long. |
| Flowers: | small, greenish in terminal paniles 10 - 20 cm, long |
| Fruit: | reddish-brown indihiscent winged called samara. |
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| Image: | 📷 View image on Wikimedia |
Distribution |
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| Distribution: | Native to China naturalized to eastern North America |
| Cultivation: | Wild. Rapid growth resistance to pollution and desease easily grown from seed. |
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Medical |
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| Therapeutic Action: | Antihaemorrhagic,Cathartic,Emetic |
| Medical Uses: | Dyusentery; Diarrhoea; Asthma; Epilepsy; Palpitations; Dueche in Gonorrheea and leucorrhoea; |
| Constituents: | Fixed ois, volitile oil. Gum; oleoresin; sugars; oxalic acid; possibly alkalois and glycocides. |
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| Contra Indications: | Unpleasent cousing nausea and vomiting and debility, and no longer used |
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Pollination and Pollinators |
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| Apis: | No |
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| Pollen: | No |
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| Nectar: | No |
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| History: | Introduced to England in [1751] from Nanking China, United States in [1800], popular ornimental. Medicinal value discovred in France in [1859]. Ainlanthus is from Indonesia fro Tree of heave. Not used for eather varnish or copal. |
| Reference: | <a HREF=''>The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism< [11] |
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